Ukraine and Russia, earlier this month, agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war and civilian detainees each in a rare moment of cooperation in more than three years of war.

A Ukrainian intelligence chief said China is helping to supply Russian military production plants, and that they have data on 20 factories.

Three open coffins, one adult-sized, one medium and one child-sized, lay inside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in a northern Ukrainian city.

Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the Russian defense ministry said. The announcement came hours after a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of prisoners Sunday just hours after Moscow launched one of the largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in the ongoing war.

Ukraine is raising funds for Sky Sentinel automated turrets which combine heavy machine guns with precision pointing and smart software to counter drones at low cost.

BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as Ukraine seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia's bombing campaign, despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war.

The advance may be linked to Moscow's attempts to create "buffer zones" along the border, Ukrainian regional authorities say.