KYIV, Ukraine-Ukraine capital under a large-scale Russian drone and a missile attack on Saturday with explosions and machine guns that heard throughout the city, forced many Kiev residents to wave underground subway stations.
The night Russian attack came hours after Russia and Ukraine began a major exchange of prisoners, as hundreds of soldiers and civilians exchanged in the first phase of the exchange approved by the two sides at a meeting in Istanbul last week. The agreement was a moment of cooperation in the failed efforts to reach a 3 -year -old shooting ceasefire.
Harms wrote from the usual missiles and drones at least four areas of the city in the Ukrainian capital early Saturday, the acting head of the Kiev military administration, Timer Tacattinko, on a telegram. According to TKACHENKO, six people needed medical care after the attack, and two fires were fired in the Solomianskyi area in KYIV.
Before the attack, the mayor of the city, Vitaly Kelsku, warned of the residents of Kiev from more than 20 aircraft of the Russian strike, heading towards Kiev. As the attack continued, he said that Drone Debris fell on a commercial center and a residential building in the Ououlon area of Kiev. Emergency services went to the site.
The prisoner’s swap on Friday was the first stage of the complex deal that involves the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side.
President Voludmir Zelinski said the first stage brought 390 Ukrainians, with more issues expected during the weekend, which will make it the biggest swap in the war. The Russian Ministry of Defense said it had received the same number of Ukraine.
The exchange was established on the border with Belarus in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian official, on the condition that his identity was not disclosed because he was not allowed to speak publicly.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russians, who were launched to Belarus, for medical treatment.
When the freed men entered the medical facility on Friday, people with signs and pictures of their relatives shouted the names or numbers of the brigade, looking for any news about a member of his family.
“Vania!” Natalia Music cried, among the relatives collected, “My husband!”
The exchange, the latest scourge since the war began and the largest involvement of Ukrainian civilians at the same time, has not stopped any stopping in the fighting.
The battles continued along the front line, which is approximately 1000 km (620 miles), with tens of thousands of soldiers killed, and none of the countries retreated in its deep strikes.
After the Istanbul meeting on May 16, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Vian described that the prisoner swap “conducting confidence” and said that the parties agreed in principle to meet again.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that there has been no agreement yet on the next round of talks to end the fighting with the continued diplomatic maneuver.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday night that Moscow will give Ukraine a documentary draft that defines its conditions for a “sustainable, long -term and comprehensive peace agreement” once the continuous exchange of prisoners has ended.
European leaders accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of withdrawing his feet in peace efforts while trying to pressure the battlefield of his army and seizing more Ukrainian lands.
The Istanbul meeting revealed that both sides remained away from the main circumstances to end the fighting. One of these cases for Ukraine, backed by its Western allies, is a temporary ceasefire as a first step towards a peaceful settlement.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said it had dropped 788 Ukrainian drones away from the battlefield between May 20 and May 23.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired 175 drones, as well as a ballistic missile late Thursday.
