Russia launched its largest drone and missile salvo on Ukraine in more than a month, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday, as Moscow accused Kyiv of not being interested in a “sustainable, fair and long-term settlement.

The Kremlin is insisting on the 2022 Istanbul format for negotiations as a way to buy time and blame Kyiv for the stalling of current peace talks, while planning to repeat an invasion under more favorable conditions in the future,

According to Russian authorities, the remains belong to Ukrainian servicemembers killed in action in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Kursk regions.

It was there in March 2022 that Ukrainian and Russian negotiators produced the Istanbul Communiqué -- the framework of a possible peace agreement to end Russia's nascent full-scale invasion.

Russia is continuing its disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the prisoner exchange process by actively spreading false narratives through its officials and propagandists. Source: Centre for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Details: The Centre cited recent remarks made by Vladimir Medinsky,