Ukraine, Russia exchanges more prisoners after a “difficult night” of attacks Russia-Ukraine, news war

The two countries are exchanging hundreds of prisoners, while Russia launches more drone attacks on Kiev and Zelinski, which requires new sanctions.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more prisoners of war (prisoners of war), as Ukrainian officials find their invitations for more sanctions in response to dozens of unmanned attacks and ballistic missiles launched by Moscow forces in Kiev overnight.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that it had released 307 Ukrainian prisoners in exchange for the largest number of Russian soldiers, who are taken care of in Belarus before returning to Russia.

Ukraine confirmed the exchange, saying among the revenue from the army soldiers, the government border guards service agents, and members of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Both sides 270 soldiers and 120 civilians were released Each on the Ukrainian border with Belarus on Friday, as part of the largest exchange of prisoners since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The two sides agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners, but air attacks and land fighting did not stop.

The Ukraine Army said on Saturday Overnight attacks It was used from multiple Russian regions 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles to hit Kiev and other areas, to destroy many residential buildings and commercial center, and to hit at least 15 people in the capital.

Sites were also wounded in the Ukrainian regions of Dniproptrovsk, Odesa and Zaporizhia, where the Ukrainian forces said that six ballistic missiles were shot down due to their air defenses, along with 245 drones, many of which were said to be designed by an Iranian.

On Saturday morning, Olehopov, head of the regional state administration in Kharkif, said on Saturday morning that four Ukrainians have been killed and several others have been wounded over the past 24 hours in the region as a result of multiple Russian attacks.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said at least 100 Ukrainian drones to strike Russian targets overnight. She said that 64 abnormal air vehicles were shot down overnight in the sky of the Baljuroud area, along with 10 additional drones that were launched on Saturday morning.

She said that dozens that were dropped on Kirk, Leptsk, Fournez and five others were dropped over Tafer, northwest of Moscow.

“A difficult night”

In the position of social media, Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said that the country has another “difficult night” believed to be convinced the world that “the reason for withdrawing the war in Moscow.”

“It is clear that we need to increase pressure on Russia to obtain results and start real diplomacy. We are awaiting sanctions from the United States, Europe and all our partners. Only additional sanctions against the main sectors of the Russian economy will force Moscow to agree to the ceasefire.”

On Friday, a group of seven countries threatened to impose more sanctions on Russia, then Failure to agree to the ceasefire With Ukraine.

And Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sibha said a week later Talks in Istanbul, Turkey, It only led to an agreement to exchange prisoners of war, that Moscow has not yet sent any “peace note”.

“Instead, Russia sends drones and deadly missiles to civilians,” he wrote in a post on X, adding that “increasing pressure on Moscow is necessary to accelerate the peace process.”

John Henerin from the island of the island said that the Istanbul meeting was disappointing for Zelinski because he wanted a face -to -face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Instead, it was a meeting less than the lower level. But they managed to get this prisoner swap,” he said, adding that exchanges may end by Sunday, but the details were not clear.

“Zelinski felt disappointed because there were no additional US sanctions against Russia. Europe has agreed on new sanctions, but it is not clear that they would have already had the impact required to bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.”