3rd Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap Comes After Largest Air Attack on Kyiv Since 2022
- On May 25, 2025, Russia carried out its most extensive drone and missile strike of the war, targeting Kyiv and more than 30 other Ukrainian cities and towns, coinciding with a prisoner exchange between the two countries.
- The attack followed recent talks in Istanbul and coincided with the third phase of a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange agreed there, despite no ceasefire deal.
- Russian forces launched 367 missiles and drones, targeting cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv, causing at least 12 deaths and dozens of injuries.
- Ukrainian officials reported downing 245 drones and six missiles, with President Zelenskyy urging more sanctions and condemning the international silence as it encourages Putin.
- The attack demonstrated continued fighting along the 620-mile front, underscoring the war’s persistence despite prisoner exchanges and calls for a ceasefire.
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Ukraine suffers its most intense aerial attack since Russia invaded
Ukraine has suffered its most intense aerial attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago, with 367 drones and missiles launched. This comes as over 300 Ukrainian soldiers were reunited with their families, bringing the total number of prisoners exchanged over the past few days between Russia and Ukraine to 1,000, from each side.
Russia launches the war’s biggest aerial attack on Ukraine just before huge swap of prisoners
Russia and Ukraine have swapped hundreds more prisoners in the third and last part of a major exchange that reflected a rare moment of co-operation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the more than three years of war.

Russia launches largest aerial attack of Ukraine war, killing at least 12
Russian forces launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The dead included three children in the northern region of Zhytomyr, local officials there said. “Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia.” Interior Minister Ihor Kly…
Dozen Killed As Russia Strikes Ukraine In ‘Largest Raid’ (Worthy News Radio) - Worthy Christian News
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Authorities say Russia has continued its “largest air raid in three years” of the war against Ukraine in a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes in which Kyiv, the capital, was again the primary target. Ukraine’s leadership announced at least 12 people were killed, including three children in the Kyiv region, and dozens mo…
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