Kyiv says bodies of 1,212 servicemen were returned to Ukraine, while Moscow has yet to confirm swap - Anadolu Ajansı

One of the hardest-hit areas was the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, where 17 attack drones struck two residential districts, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Emergency crews, municipal workers and volunteers worked through the night to extinguish fires, rescue residents from burning homes, and restore gas, electricity and water services.

The swap marks the first stage of the agreement negotiated at the second round of direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul on June 2.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine will attend a meeting in Istanbul on Monday proposed by Russia.

The Ukraine war won't end until NATO reduces its military footprint in Eastern Europe, a senior Russian official has said. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, who is responsible for U.S.

Ukraine just struck deep into Russia, destroying a key electronics factory in Cheboksary that powers Putin’s missiles, drones, and glide bombs. With only two stealth drones, Ukraine crippled a plant essential to Russia’s war machine—impacting everything from missile guidance systems to nuclear sub components.

The warring sides also exchanged prisoners in one of the few results of talks last week, and Russia reported new attacks on the front line.

Russia launched another prolonged drone attack on Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday (June 10) injuring people and damaging swathes of Kyiv. The overnight strikes followed Russia's biggest drone assault on Ukraine on Monday (June 10) - part of stepped-up operations that Moscow said were retaliatory measures for Kyiv's recent brazen attacks in Russia.