Russia and Ukraine both claimed to hit each other's key military targets on Friday, including military enterprises, energy infrastructure and command posts, as the conflict between them continues.
The Russian defense ministry on Friday said that in the past week, Russian forces gained control of six settlements and targeted Ukrainian military industrial facilities, energy infrastructure, and air defense radar stations.
Russian air defense units intercepted and shot down Ukrainian aerial bombs, HIMARS rockets, and over 1,000 fixed-wing drones.
On the same day, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported that more than 170 battles took place in the frontline areas over the past day.
The Ukrainian forces targeted Russian command posts, as well as missile and artillery facilities, according to the report.
Russia and Ukraine carried out another prisoner swap on Friday, said the Russian defense ministry.
In accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on June 2 in Istanbul, a group of Russian military personnel was returned from the territory controlled by Ukraine on June 20, the ministry said, not giving the number of released prisoners.
In return, a group of prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was transferred, it added.
All Russian military personnel will be transported to Russia for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian defense ministry, it added.
Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said that the returned captives include sergeants and soldiers from the Ukrainian Navy, Land Forces, Territorial Defense, Airborne Forces and other units.
All released servicemen will receive medical examination, treatment and rehabilitation at medical facilities, the headquarters said.
During their latest round of talks in Türkiye's Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine agreed on an "all-for-all" exchange involving seriously ill and wounded prisoners, as well as soldiers under the age of 25.
Russia, Ukraine continue to exchange attacks
