The mayor and the city’s civil and military administration reported various fires and impacts of missile and drone wreckage in buildings in various neighborhoods of the capital; 15 people were injured
A large -scale Russian attack with drones and missiles left 15 injured on Saturday (24) in, the Ukrainian capital, despite the beginning of the second stage of the largest prisoners of war since the beginning of the Moscow troops invasion more than three years ago. “The capital and its region again suffer a massive attack by the enemy. Anti -aircraft defense systems work permanently in Kiev and its periphery,” said the mayor of the capital of Ukraine, Vitali Klitschko.
The Air Force said it has toppled “six ISKANDER-M/KN-23 (KIEV) ballistic missiles (KIEV) and neutralized 245 Shahed enemies, a total of 14 missiles and 250 drones released from Russia. The mayor and the city’s civil and military administration reported various fires and impacts of missile and drone wreckage in buildings in various neighborhoods of the capital. According to police, 15 people were injured in Kiev and two in their metropolitan area.
The attack occurred amid a record exchange of prisoners between and, with a total of a thousand people released on each side between Friday and Sunday. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that more than 300 prisoners from each country were released on Saturday. “Another 307 members of the Russian Army have been transferred from Ukraine and are currently in Belarus, where they receive medical and psychological help,” the folder said. “In return, 307 Ukrainian prisoners of war were transferred,” the ministry added.
The exchange of prisoners is the only concrete result of the negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians celebrated last week in Istanbul, the first direct contact between the two sides in three years. Upon completion of the exchange, the parties must present documents that explain their conditions for an agreement that enables the end of the conflict, which began in February 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
*With information from AFP
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