It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

Seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Ukraine overnight after Russian missiles and drones targeted communities across the eastern half of the country.

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

A drone attack by Ukraine sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region. Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the region, said early on Wednesday, according to the Guardian UK. Meanwhile,

Ukraine's military reported an air strike from its forces in the Kursk region resulted in "substantial casualties" of Russian troops.

Ukraine has become a war lab for the future since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion. As a result, Ukraine is at the forefront of military technology, leveraging robotics and automation to redefine modern warfare and serve as a testing ground for future combat technologies.