Ukraine has received 1,200 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia, Ukrainian officials responsible for exchanging prisoners of war said on Saturday.

Felipenko was well known for his role in the 2024 series “A Promise to God” before joining the Achilles Strike Drone Battalion, part of Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade, in April 2024.

More than 1,000 Ukrainian bodies have been handed back to Kyiv after a prisoner-of-war exchange - as Volodymyr Zelenskyy renews calls for sanctions.

Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes of the war against Kyiv overnight, firing more than 300 drones and missiles over the border in an attack that killed at least three people and struck

A peace deal is in the "best interest" of Ukraine, Russia and the U.S, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.

Russia launched another prolonged drone attack on Ukraine, killing one person and damaging swathes of Kyiv as well as striking a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa, regional officials said early on Tuesday.

Russia launched its biggest barrage of the war with nearly 500 drones at Ukraine, while the Kremlin says it remains open to prisoner exchanges.

The attack on Friday, which killed at least four people nationwide, came two days after Russia vowed retaliation for an audacious drone assault on its strategic bomber bases.

On June 9, a new prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia commenced, following the accord established in the second round of negotiations in Istanbul on June 2. Both Kyiv and Moscow have consented to initially exchange young soldiers under the age of 25 and those who are seriously ill.