Ramstein brings Ukraine new military support, major Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap announced - Wednesday brief
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A new meeting in the Ramstein format took place at NATO headquarters. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a large-scale prisoner exchange with Russia.
Read more about what happened on Wednesday, June 4.
Record-breaking aid after Ramstein meeting: What allies promised Ukraine
The 28th Ramstein meeting brought Ukraine unprecedented military support from its allies, according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov emphasized that Ukraine has achieved significant results. According to him, in 2025, security assistance will surpass the figures of all previous years of the full-scale war.
Zelenskyy announces large prisoner swap with Russia this weekend
This weekend, Ukraine may make two prisoner exchanges with Russia. However, Kyiv has not yet received specific lists from Moscow, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Today our groups held consultations on the exchanges. The Russian side conveyed information that this weekend it will be able to transfer 500 people, our military, out of the 1000+ we agreed on,” the president said.
Ukraine will be ready to exchange a corresponding number of prisoners.
Ukraine's Defense Intelligence hacks Tupolev bureau, gains secret data on Russian strategic bombers
Ukrainian cyber specialists have gained access to critically important information from one of the key enterprises of the Russian defense sector - the Tupolev Design Bureau.
Cyber units of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense carried out the operation.
Due to the breach, more than 4.4 GB of classified information was obtained, including internal correspondence of the company's leadership, personal data of employees, engineers' résumés, procurement documents, minutes of closed meetings, and more.
Russia strikes Ground Forces training center in Ukraine's Poltava region
The Russian army launched a missile strike during the day on Wednesday, June 4, targeting the territory of one of the training units of the Ground Forces in Poltava region, according to the Ground Forces.
Due to dispersion, the use of shelters, and adherence to protocols during the air raid alert, the lives of the soldiers undergoing training at the range were preserved.
