By Thomas Peter and Olena Harmash KYIV/MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, part of an agreement linked to a three-day ceasefire earlier this month brokered by U.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that Russia and Ukraine had a prisoner exchange on Thursday, each side releasing 205.

Russia launched more than 1,600 drones and missiles over a 30-hour period, marking the most intense aerial attack since the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted a significant portion,

Typical nighttime drone waves are giving way to massive attacks that last days, with the most recent bombardment involving over 1,500 drones.

Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. President Trump had announced Friday that Russia and Ukraine would swap 1,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 100 Russian drones targeted Ukraine in the latest wave of strikes.

A soldier taught a 12-year-old how to disable the fiber-optic drones that Russia has been using to hunt Ukrainian civilians in a campaign the U.N. has labeled a war crime.

Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours.

With counter-drone technology losing effectiveness, Russia and Ukraine are shifting to deep strikes on each other's drone production sites to destroy them before launch.

It was a remarkable admission of weakness. In an effort to shield the parade, Putin sought a three-day ceasefire, succeeding in persuading President Trump to pressure Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into accepting it.