Ukraine has accepted the bodies of 1,212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia after days of dispute, the agency dealing with prisoners of war in Kiev said on Wednesday. The soldiers died in battles in Russia's Kursk region and the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv,

Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least three people, officials said on Tuesday.

A deadly wave of Russian drone attacks hit Kharkiv overnight, killing civilians and injuring dozens. Meanwhile, Ukraine recovered the remains of more than 1,200 of its troops from the front lines.