Russian officials say that Moscow is still awaiting confirmation from Kyiv on a planned exchange of 6,000 bodies of soldiers killed in action.

Photos showed burnt and partially destroyed houses and vehicles, and rescuers carrying the injured to safety and removing debris.

Russia unleashed a massive overnight assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, in what local officials are calling the most powerful attack since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.