The attack came on the third day of a planned prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine, the only tangible outcome from peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month.

Russia carried out a large-scale airstrike on Ukraine, deploying more than 290 drones and numerous missiles. According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, Ukrainian air defense forces successfully intercepted many of the incoming targets.

M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russia’s Kursk Oblast; ・55 air- and sea-launched Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles from Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers over Saratov Oblast and the Black Sea; ・One Kh-22 cruise missile from a Tu-22M3 bomber flying over the Black Sea;