Russia strikes Ukrainian oil refinery, swaps more bodies of fallen soldiers with Ukraine

Russian forces conducted a group strike on a Ukrainian oil refinery supplying fuel to the Ukrainian troops in the Donbass region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday, reported Xinhua.

The raid involved long-range precision weapons, as well as combat drones, the ministry said in a statement.

It added that the strike had achieved its goal and designated targets were hit.

Russia, Ukraine swap more bodies of fallen soldiers

Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday exchanged more bodies of fallen soldiers under the Istanbul deal, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said.

Moscow had handed over 1,000 bodies of fallen soldiers to Kiev, while Ukraine had transferred 19 bodies to Russia, said Medinsky, also Russia's chief negotiator at the talks with the Ukrainian side.

During their second round of talks on June 2 in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine agreed on an "all-for-all" exchange of seriously ill and wounded prisoners, and soldiers under the age of 25, as well as the transfer of bodies of fallen soldiers.

On July 23, after the last round of Russia-Ukraine direct talks, Medinsky said Russia had returned the bodies of 7,000 fallen Ukrainian soldiers and was ready to return 3,000 more.