Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday it defeated a fresh wave of Ukrainian drone attacks over the west of the country.

Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of 206 prisoners on Saturday, 103 apiece, in their second such swap in two days, following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, officials said.

A Russian guided bomb attack on Friday killed two people and injured six others, including a child, in Ukraine's northern Sumy region, local authorities said. The attack damaged residential houses and a clinic,