Russia Doesn't Let Up. Powerful Attack Right After Prisoner Exchange

Russian missiles and drones fell on Kiev on Saturday, authorities in the Ukrainian capital reported. Fires broke out in the city and residential buildings were destroyed. "Air defense systems are continuously operating in Kiev and its suburbs," Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The strike was carried out shortly after the largest prisoner exchange between the warring sides.

Moscow carried out a major strike on the Ukrainian city of Kiev on Saturday. According to information provided by the capital's authorities, Russia carried out a missile attack supported by drones.

According to the head of the Kiev civil and military administration, Timur Tkachenko , several parts of Kiev were set on fire and residential buildings were destroyed. The attack took place several hours after Russia and Ukraine carried out the first stage of the prisoner exchange, the terms of which were agreed during negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey .

Both sides initially accepted 390 people each. It is expected that a total of 1,000 people will be exchanged on each side.

Timur Tkachenko reported that two fires broke out, among others, in the Sviatoshyn district. Fragments of downed drones also fell to the ground in three other districts of the Ukrainian capital.

According to information provided by the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired a total of 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles at Ukraine. Most of them fell on Kiev.

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"The debris of an unmanned aerial vehicle fell on the top floor of a residential building in the Solomenskaya district . Emergency services were dispatched to the site," wrote the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko on the Telegram platform.

According to information provided by Ukrainian services, at least 14 people were injured in the attack.

As Klitschko further reported, "the capital and the region are again under massive enemy attack." "Air defense systems are continuously operating in Kiev and its suburbs," he emphasized on the Telegram platform.

On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced on social media that "a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine will soon take effect."

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The leader congratulated both sides on the "Truth Social" platform for the agreement they reached. "Could this lead to something big?" he asked at the end of the post.

This is about the exchange of 1,000 for 1,000 captured soldiers of both armies, which was agreed earlier, during negotiations in Turkish Istanbul . The meeting of Russian and Ukrainian representatives was the first in more than three years.