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Russia is accused of executing more than 150 Ukrainian prisoners of war
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Russia<\/a> and Ukraine<\/a> have each swapped 307 more prisoners of war as part of a negotiated exchange<\/a> which should result in 1,000 citizens from both sides returning to their country.
Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> and Russia\u2019s defence ministry confirmed the second prisoner exchange on Saturday, after Friday\u2019s release saw each side exchange 390 civilians and personnel.
\u201cAmong those who returned today are soldiers from our army, the State Border Service, and the National Guard of Ukraine,\u201d Mr Zelensky said on his official Telegram channel.<\/a>
Despite the agreed exchange, at least 15 people were injured <\/a>after Russia<\/a> attacked Ukraine<\/a>‘s capital Kyiv<\/a> early today with drones and missiles, triggering fires and strewing debris in districts throughout the city, the city’s mayor said.<\/a>
It comes after it emerged <\/a>Moscow<\/a> has executed more than 150 prisoners of war after they surrendered to Russian forces, Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s military intelligence agency has said.
The United Nations also reported in March that they had documented increasing numbers of cases in which Russian forces deliberately killed soldiers, while intelligence officials have cited multiple instances of Putin\u2019s forces receiving direct orders to kill.
More than 10 Russian drones were flying over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and more were coming, a senior Ukrainian official said early this morning,
“There are more than 10 enemy drones in the airspace around the capital. More are coming,” Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv military administration, wrote on Telegram.
“We are in for a complicated night. There is the threat of a large number of enemy drones and missiles aboard strategic aircraft,\u201d he said.
Witnesses heard anti-aircraft units in operation around the city, reported Reuters.
Russia said it faced a Ukrainian drone attack early this morning and intercepted or destroyed around 100 of the unmanned Ukrainian weapons including some aimed at Moscow.
The defence ministry reported its air defence units intercepted or destroyed 95 Ukrainian drones over a four-hour period. That included two near Moscow but most were over Russia’s central and southern regions.
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin later said on Telegram that the number of drones destroyed or intercepted near the capital had risen to 11.
The drone attack has led to a closure of Moscow\u2019s three airports, officials said.
Regional officials reported air defence units downed drones in the central city of Tula and the city of Tver northwest of Moscow.
Fragments from a Russian drone triggered a fire and caused damage to an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Sunday, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Timur Tkachenko, head of the capital’s military administration, said the incident occurred in the Holosiivskyi district, just outside the city centre.
“The building has been partly destroyed and there is a fire. Rescue teams are at the site,” Tkachenko said.
Tkachenko earlier said there were 10 drones above the city and more coming.
A senior Ukrainian official said early on Sunday that more than 10 Russian drones were flying over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and more were coming.
“There are more than 10 enemy drones in the airspace around the capital. More are coming,” Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv military administration, wrote on Telegram. “We are in for a complicated night. There is the threat of a large number of enemy drones and missiles aboard strategic aircraft.”
Witnesses heard anti-aircraft units in operation around the city.
Russian troops have captured the settlements of Stupochki, Otradne and Loknia in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Sumy regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
The battlefield report has not been independently confirmed.
Since their failed advance on the capital Kyiv in the first weeks of the war, Russian forces have focused on capturing the Donbas in the east, made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
In recent months, Moscow has also tried to advance in Sumy region, particularly after Russia’s military said it had ousted Ukrainian troops from the Russian border region of Kursk.
A Russian Defence Ministry statement said its forces had captured the village of Stupochky in Donetsk region, east of Kostiantynivka, a town under recent Russian pressure.
It also said it had taken control of Otradne, a village further west along the 1,000-km front and announced the capture of Loknya, a village inside the Russian border in Sumy region.
Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set aside stark differences on U.S. tariffs and agreed to counter global \u201ceconomic imbalances,\u201d a swipe at China<\/a>‘s trade practices.
In a communiqu\u00e9 issued Thursday, the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors, meeting in the Canadian Rockies, left out their traditional defense of free trade and toned down their references to Russia<\/a>‘s war in Ukraine<\/a> compared with last year. But they did agree that further sanctions on Russia could be imposed if the two countries don’t reach a ceasefire.
The communiqu\u00e9 said the G7 members would continue to monitor \u201cnonmarket policies and practices\u201d which contribute to imbalances in global trade. The statement did not mention China but nonmarket policies typically refer to that country’s export subsidies and currency policies that the Trump administration charges gives it an advantage in international trade.
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