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Russia Launches Massive Missile Blitz on Kyiv Amid Prisoner Swap

In a major escalation, Russia launched a heavy missile and drone attack on Kyiv injuring dozens as Ukraine and Russia simultaneously conduct one of the largest prisoner exchanges since the war began, signaling a tense moment in the conflict.

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24 Hours Trump Overhauls National Security Council Staff + Massive Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap Underway + Russian Missile Blitz Hits Kyiv Overnight + Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on EU Imports + Judge Blocks Trump Ban on Harvard Foreign Students + US Department of Justice Drops Case Against Boeing + Billy Joel Cancels Tour Due to Brain Disorder + Power Outage Disrupts Cannes Film Festival + Pentagon Restricts Press Access Amid Leak Fears + US Steel-Nippon Merger Backed by Trump + Trump Addresses West Point Graduates: ‘You Are Winners’ + DOJ Clears Boeing in Deadly 737 Max Crashes + Russia-Ukraine Swap Nearly 800 Prisoners + US Eases Sanctions on Syria Amid Reconstruction + Trump Orders Sweep to Cut Nuclear Regulations + Georgia Man Charged in 19-Year-Old Murder Case + Hamburg Train Station Knife Attack Injures 18 + Judge Orders Trump to Return Wrongly Deported Man + Man Arrested in New Orleans Jail Escape Probe + Shocking Tariff Threats Rattle Global Markets

Number 800 - Number of prisoners swapped between Russia and Ukraine in the largest exchange of the war.

Quote "This is an attack on freedom of the press" — Pentagon Press Association on Defense Secretary Hegseth's media restrictions

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