At least three dead in Kharkiv in a new massive Russian attack in Ukraine
Kiev denies postponing the prisoner exchange, as Russia accuses it of doing.
BarcelonaAt least 3 people died and 22 others were injured in Kharkiv, in a Second night of large-scale attacks by the Russian military on Ukraine. More than 200 drones and 9 missiles were fired at several Ukrainian towns, while a Ukrainian drone attack was also reported in the Moscow region, injuring two people. Russian forces used high-precision long-range weapons and drones to attack military targets in Ukraine on Saturday night, Reuters reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
The city of Kharkiv, the second largest in the country and located in northeastern Ukraine near the Russian border, "is currently experiencing the most powerful attack since the start of the full-scale war," Mayor Ihor Terekhov said in a Telegram post on Saturday. Tonight's attack has damaged residential buildings, educational facilities, and infrastructure. Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov believes there may still be people buried under the rubble after a civilian industrial facility was attacked by 40 drones and several bombs.
A Ukrainian drone strike also injured two people and forced a temporary suspension of operations at Domodedovo, Xeremetyevo, and Zhukovsky airports in the Moscow region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense units have intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory since midnight. The Ukrainian air force also shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on Saturday morning, Kiev's military said, without providing further details.
Separately, Ukraine is denying accusations made Saturday by Kremlin adviser Vladimir Medinsky, who says Kiev has indefinitely postponed the exchange of prisoners of war and the acceptance of the bodies of its deceased soldiers. "Today's statements by the Russian side do not correspond to reality or previous agreements on the exchange of prisoners or the repatriation of bodies," said Andriy Kovalenko, an official with the National Security and Defense Council, on Telegram. an agreement in a second round of peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, both sides said they would exchange more prisoners and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers.