Russia claims Ukraine indefinitely postponed the release while Kyiv maintains it has been delayed until next week.

Overnight missile and bomb strikes by Russia on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv left three people dead and 22 hurt, while a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region wounded two people, officials from both countries said separately on Saturday.

Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles, drones and bombs across Ukraine early yesterday, killing at least five people as it retaliated for a brazen attack by Kyiv on air bases days earlier. The Kremlin has accelerated its attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks,