Russian forces launched hundreds of strikes across Ukraine overnight, with direct hits by drones recorded at 15 locationsm Ukraine's Air Force said. Meanwhile, the bodies of 528 Ukrainian soldiers were returned a day after Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war.

More than 1,500 Russian drones and dozens of missiles were launched in the last two days, according to Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including what local officials said were three teenagers.

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,

Rescue workers ended search operations Friday at the devastated building, which was struck this week during Russia’s heaviest air attack on the Ukrainian capital this year.

Last month, Ukraine managed to liberate more land than Russia seized – the first time Moscow suffered a net loss of territory since Ukraine’s 2024 Kursk incursion.

A massive Russian drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine that began before dawn Thursday demolished an apartment block in Kyiv, the capital city where four people were killed and 33 wounded, authorities said.

A deal is taking shape for the U.S. and Ukraine to jointly develop and build weapons that have been at the forefront of the wars in both Ukraine and Iran.