⌨After three days of failed prisoner exchanges and body collection disputes, Russia and Ukraine completed their first successful swap focusing specifically on military personnel under 25 years old. The exchange, conducted through Istanbul agreements, marked a breakthrough in the deadlock that began June 7th when Ukraine allegedly failed to collect 6,000 bodies.
Overnight, Ukrainian drone attacks escalated with 49 intercepted across seven regions, including strikes on a Chuvashia electronics factory producing navigation systems for Russian military equipment. Russian forces responded with what officials called "retaliatory strikes" on Ukrainian airfields.
Putin approved a naval development strategy through 2050, while the FSB announced preventing sabotage at a Moscow region defense plant, claiming to arrest a Kiev agent. The Kremlin explicitly linked military advances in Dnipropetrovsk region to creating a "buffer zone" beyond current conflict areas.
By evening, negotiator Medinsky claimed Ukraine could have signed peace on February 28, 2022, suggesting current terms would be harsher than those rejected opportunities.