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(16-06-2025, 02:50 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Ukraine has a breakthrough in its weapons a domestically produced ballistic missile completed successful tests headed for mass production, a director of ctr for arm conversion, LIGA.net reports. Named after the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird of prey, the Sapsan reflects namesake’s core traits: speed, precision & striking power. During recent tests missile reached a velocity of 5.2 Mach (approx. 6,370 km/h), significantly faster than U.S. ATACMS (at Mach 3) & near on par with Russia’s Iskander-M (at Mach 6).
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Dead bodies Russia returned as Ukrainian were actually Russian soldiers,
"bodies even have Russian passports," Zelensky said cited case of deceased of Israeli citizen fighting on Russia's side, had passed off as a Ukrainian soldier. "Putin is afraid to admit how people have died. Be'cos if the moment comes when he needs to mobilize society will be very afraid," he remarks follow June 2 prisoner & body exchange agreement in Istanbul, the most extensive full-scale war. Under deal, Ukraine recovered 6,057 bodies of its fallen soldiers. Russia, to Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, took back only 78, explaining the difference between the two numbers, Zelensky said bodies of the vast majority of Russian soldiers currently killed on battlefield remain in Russian hands. "They were advancing, & their dead remained in the territory where they were," he said.
According to president, exchanges of bodies, even severely wounded soldiers have taken place on battlefield, but such exchanges are typically not publicized. President Volodymyr Zelensky presents evidence to media in Kyiv, June 21, 2025, showing Putin's handed over dead bodies of million own soldiers kill. Zelensky presents evidence to media in Kyiv on June 21, 2025, showing Russia handed over bodies of its own soldiers during exchanges. (Presidential Office) Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko confirmed a case of remains of Alexander Viktorovich Bugaev, a Russian soldier from 39th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, were returned to Ukraine disguised as a Ukrainian dead casualty. "Shows how little human life means to Russia. Or maybe a way to avoid paying compensation to their families, they will have to pay anyway: we are returning these bodies," Klymenko said on June 19. Ukraine's Staff said on June 21. The Russian has sustained over 1,010,000 casualties killed & wounded — since launching full-scale invasion: Feb 2022.
Independent Russian outlet Mediazona, along with the BBC Russian Service, has verified the identities of 111,387 Russian soldiers killed, the rest emphasizing that actual number is likely much higher has continued to deny up scale of its losses, often inflating Ukrainian casualties and spreading false narratives. Zelensky warned part of a broader propaganda effort to "break reality in live," in which Russian forces are suffering far greater losses. June 2 negotiations in Istanbul led to most extensive prisoner & body exchange agreement, although no ceasefire was achieved. On June 7, Russia accused Kyiv of rejecting a proposed body return, releasing footage allegedly showed Ukrainian corpses stored in refrigeration units. Ukraine dismissed claims, saying footage was shot on Russian territory, not at a designated handover site. Kyiv has consistently called for an "all-for-all" exchange of prisoners of war, Moscow so far refused to agree to comprehensive swap. All of Ukraine is ours’ say Putin on Russia’s territorial ambitions in Ukraine.