Russian disinformation on prisoner swap, massive attack on Kharkiv - Weekend brief
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Russia continues to hinder the prisoner exchange. Russian troops carried out a massive drone, missile, and bomb attack on Kharkiv.
Read more about what happened over the weekend.
Russia hinders POW exchange
The next stage of the prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia has been postponed. Earlier it was reported that the exchange was scheduled to begin on June 7.
However, on Saturday, June 7, the head of the Russian negotiating team, Vladimir Medinsky, came out with accusations against Ukraine for allegedly postponing the exchange.
According to him, they handed over lists of 640 people and delivered more than 1,000 bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers to the border in the Bryansk region.
Ukraine's Coordination Center clarified that all these claims are false. The Russians handed over the lists in violation of the previously agreed approach.
They decided to act unilaterally on the repatriation of the bodies, also contrary to the agreed measures.
After such actions, Zelenskyy said that Russia was playing dirty games with the exchange of prisoners.
Kharkiv endures deadliest Russian attack
Russia carried out a massive drone, missile, and bomb attack on Kharkiv on the night of June 7. This was the most powerful strike on the city since the start of the full-scale war.
What is known about the consequences of the attack on Kharkiv – in the RBC-Ukraine article.
Russia strikes children's railway building in Kharkiv
On the evening of June 7, the Russians attacked Kharkiv with two guided aerial bombs. Due to the strike, a building belonging to the children's railway was damaged.
Tragedy in Belgium: Wife and daughter of Ukrainian serviceman murdered
In the Belgian town of Haasrode, the wife and daughter of a Ukrainian soldier were killed. The house where the tragedy occurred was set on fire.
