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Business Standard
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Russia, Ukraine start prisoner swap after recriminations after peace talks
Russia and Ukraine started a major prisoner exchange on Monday after days of wrangling cast doubt over the only concrete result of peace talks last week in Turkey. The first groups of prisoners under the age of 25 years were transferred by both sides, and the returning Russian soldiers are currently in Belarus, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on its Telegram channel, without specifying the number exchanged. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed prisoners were returned from Russian captivity and said the process would continue in several stages over the coming days. 'The process is quite complex, with many sensitive details, and negotiations continue virtually every day,' Zelenskiy said in a statement on X. He also didn't specify how many prisoners were involved, but said those returning included the wounded and seriously wounded. 'We count on the full implementation of the humanitarian agreements reached during the meeting in Istanbul,' he said. The planned swap of 1,200 people from each side is set to be the largest-to-date of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now well into its fourth year, but was held up as the two sides disagreed over details of the arrangement. Russia said at the weekend that it was ready to move ahead with the handover, including the refrigerated bodies of thousands of Ukrainian servicemen killed in action, but had been stymied. Ukraine said it was poised to swap badly injured and severely ill service members as well as younger soldiers, but the information Moscow provided didn't match what was agreed upon, delaying the process. Two recent rounds of talks haven't made any progress toward negotiating an end to the war, with Russia setting out maximalist demands and US President Donald Trump stepping back from calls for an immediate ceasefire. The two sides exchanged 1,000 prisoners each over three days in late May at a time of several deadly Russian airstrikes across Ukraine. Russia has stepped up major missile and drone strikes against Ukraine after a surprise Ukrainian June 1 drone attack against its air bases. Russia overnight launched 499 drones and missiles, including four Kinzhals and 14 cruise missiles, Ukraine's air defense forces said Monday on Telegram. The military shot down or jammed 479 of them, it said. Two Ukrainian drones struck the site of an electronics developer and manufacturer in Cheboksary, Russia, which temporarily halted operations to protect employees, Oleg Nikolayev, governor of the Chuvashia region that's located 1,300 km (800 miles) from the border with Ukraine, said in a Telegram post. The plant is involved in the missile production process, including for the Iskander system, said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Propaganda, on Telegram. It also produces navigation systems for Russian Shahed drones and components used in glide bombs, according to the Ukrainian unmanned systems forces. The Russian ground war has also picked up speed again. Moscow's troops are advancing closer to the regional capital of Sumy in Ukraine's northeast and claimed to have crossed into the Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time — which Kyiv denied. At issue is the potential incursion by Moscow's land forces into one of Ukraine's most populous and industrialized areas. It would bring the war onto the soil of two provinces which so far haven't been officially earmarked for annexation by President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader has demanded that Kyiv surrender all of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson provinces, which Russia illegally annexed in 2022 but doesn't fully control. That's in addition to Crimea, which Kremlin forces seized in 2014. After a phone call with Putin last week, Trump suggested that he might let Ukraine and Russia 'fight for a little while' before attempting to broker a peace deal. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, has also demanded Ukraine accept a neutral status and agree to limits on its army and foreign military aid.
Miami Herald
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Ukrainian drones hit Russian plant involved in missile output
Ukraine said its drones hit a Russian research and production facility that supplies components for missiles, as Russia unleashed a fresh barrage of air attacks overnight. Two Ukrainian drones struck the site of an electronics developer and manufacturer in Cheboksary, which temporarily halted operations to protect employees, Oleg Nikolayev, governor of Russia's Chuvashia region that's located 1,300 km (800 miles) from the border with Ukraine, said in a Telegram post. The plant is involved in the missile production process, including for the Iskander system, said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Propaganda, on Telegram. It also produces navigation systems for Russian Shahed drones and components used in glide bombs, according to the Ukrainian unmanned systems forces. The attack on the electronics plant comes as Russian forces have been targeting Ukraine with major missile and drone strikes for several days. U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin warned in a telephone call that Moscow would retaliate for Ukrainian drone operations that destroyed several strategic nuclear bombers at airfields across the country. Russia overnight launched 499 drones and missiles, including four Kinzhals and 14 cruise missiles, Ukraine's air defense forces said Monday on Telegram. The military shot down or jammed 479 of them, it said. Ukraine regularly targets Russian plants involved in military production, as Moscow's full-scale invasion continues into its fourth year. While officials from Kyiv and Moscow have held direct talks in Turkey twice in the past month, Russia has so far refused calls by the U.S., Europe and Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire to allow for peace negotiations. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Bloomberg
10-03-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Ukraine Claims Attack on Rosneft Oil Refinery in Samara Region
Ukraine claimed a strike on an oil refinery owned by Rosneft PJSC in Russia's Samara region, continuing attacks on a key industry on almost on a daily basis. Drones hit the Novokuibyshevsk refinery overnight, a Ukrainian security official said, asking not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. The facility is of 'a strategic importance' for the Russian army as it ensures 'a stable supply of fuel for military operations,' Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Propaganda, said in a post on Telegram.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukraine Drones Attacked Russia's Tuapse Refinery, Major Port
(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian drones attacked a major sea port in southern Russia as well as Rosneft PJSC's Tuapse oil refinery, potentially affecting fuel exports. NYC's Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.6 Million in First Month The Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation Research NYC to Shut Migrant Center in Former Hotel as Crisis Eases Shelters Await Billions in Federal Money for Homelessness Providers New York's Congestion Pricing Plan Faces Another Legal Showdown The Tuapse port on the Black Sea and the refinery with the same name were the targets of the overnight attack, a Ukrainian law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity and without elaborating on the extent of the damage. Telegram channels in the affected area reported multiple explosions. The port 'plays an important role in supporting military logistics,' said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Propaganda. It also processes significant quantities of coal, minerals, metal products and grains. The refinery supplies the Russian army with fuel, Kovalenko added, without confirming the attacks. The Tuapse refinery with a nameplate capacity of about 240,000 barrels a day focuses on exports of diesel and fuel oil across the Black Sea and has been a target of repeated drone attacks due to its relative proximity to the border with Ukraine. Russia didn't confirm the strike on the port and refinery and Ukraine's claims cannot be independently verified. Rosneft also didn't immediately comment. Separately, the Russian Defense ministry said it shot down 128 drones early on Wednesday morning, 83 of them in the Krasnodar region, where the port and the refinery are located. The local governor only reported that three houses were damaged in Tuapse and Sochi airport was closed for several hours. Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure over the past several weeks, targeting not just oil-processing plants but also crude-pipeline infrastructure, like the Andreapol pumping station on the Baltic System Pipeline-2 route, and a CPC pumping station delivering mainly Kazakh crude to the Black Sea shore. Trump's SALT Tax Promise Hinges on an Obscure Loophole Walmart Wants to Be Something for Everyone in a Divided America Meet Seven of America's Top Personal Finance Influencers China Learned to Embrace What the US Forgot: The Virtues of Creative Destruction Why Private Equity Is Eyeing Your Nest Egg ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
