Russia and Ukraine said on Saturday that they changed hundreds of prisoners in the biggest exchange, and the Russian attack began three years ago.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that 246 Russian services members were returned from the Kiev -controlled area, and that “31 wounded Ukrainian prisoners as a signal” needed immediate medical care in exchange for 15 injured Russian soldiers.
Ukrainian President Wolodmeir said 277 Ukrainian “fighters have returned home from Russian captivity.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, citing humanitarian reasons, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
The announcement came on the same day when the Russian Defense Ministry said its forces pushed Ukrainian troops from one of its last steps in the region of Russia, where Ukrainian residents launched a surprising attack last year.
According to the Kremlin, the Seas Fire Easter will continue from 6pm to Moscow on Saturday after Sunday.
“We assume that the Ukrainian party will follow our example,” Putin said in a meeting with the Chief of the Kremlin Press Service in a video jointly.
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Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelannsky described the ceasefire as “another attempt to play with Putin's human lives”. He writes on the X that “Air Ride Alerts are spreading in Ukraine”, and “Shahid drone in our heavens shows the real attitude of drone Easter and Putin about human life.”
Putin's announcement was made to US President Donald Trump on Friday that talks between Ukraine and Russia were “coming to the head” and insisted that no party was a “play” in front of him to end the three -year war.
Trump warned Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio that if there was no progress in the coming days, the United States could “move forward” by trying to secure the Russian-Ukrainian peace deal, failing to end the fighting after months of efforts.
In January 2023, Putin ordered its forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36 -hour ceasefire for the Orthodox Christmas. Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelannsky had reduced to saying that his troops would reject Putin's request, but rejected the Russian move to re -group his attack and create additional attacks.
Russia says its forces are close to re -occupy
The Russian Ministry of Defense said Saturday that its forces took control of the village of Olshinia in the Karki area on the Ukraine border. Associated Press Unable to confirm the claim immediately and no immediate response was received by the Ukrainian officials.
According to the Russian state -run news agency TASS, Russia is still fighting about 11 km south of Oliasia, to expel Ukraine forces from the Government village.
The agency quoted Russian security agencies as saying, “The Russian army has yet to push the Ukrainian armed forces out of the governance … so that the region can be completely liberated. There is a fierce fighting in this settlement.”
Russian and North Korean troops have mostly deprived Kiev of an important bargaining silence, where the Ukrainian army was surprisingly attacked last year.
In other developments, the Ukrainian Air Force reports that Russia sacked 87 exploded drones and Dico in the latest wave of attacks on Saturday night. It states that 33 of them were stopped and 36 more were lost, possibly they were electronically jammed.
Ukraine's official emergency service said Saturday that the Russian attacks damaged the fields in the Odessa area and caught fire in the Sami region overnight. The fire consisted, and no casualties were reported.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said its air defense system shot two Ukrainian drones overnight.
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