Russia launched its largest aerial assault of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones for a second night in a row, even as the two sides prepared to conclude a major prisoner exchange.

Russia and Ukraine have swapped hundreds more prisoners of war, the third and last part of a major swap, hours after a massive attack by Moscow, killing at least 12.

Russia unleashed one of its largest drone and missile barrages of the war on Ukraine over the weekend, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens across the country. Ukrainian officials said the hourslong assault showed Moscow had no interest in a truce.

The Ukrainian and Russian militaries exchanged massive air strikes overnight Saturday, even amid a planned swap of some 303 prisoners of war from each side.

As Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, they are disrupting day-to-day life and reminding Russians that the war is not confined to the trenches.

Unjammable, lethal, and accurate, fibre-optic tethered drones are revolutionizing the battlefield — and giving Moscow an advantage.

Russia has unleashed a second “night of terror” in Ukraine killing at least 12 people. Moscow has intensified strikes over the weekend, battering cities and towns across Ukraine, including on the capital Kyiv.