Ukraine and Russia conducted another POW swap — the fourth one in a week — the warring sides said on Saturday, under agreements reached in Istanbul earlier this month.
“We continue to take our people out of Russian captivity. This is the fourth exchange in a week,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media.
“In accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements… another group of Russian servicemen was returned from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime,” Russia’s defence ministry said on Telegram.
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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on June 14, 2025, shows Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) wrapped with Ukrainian national flags posing for a photograph following an exchange of prisoners at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Kyiv also said it had received another batch of 1,200 unidentified bodies from Russia, which it said Russia claimed “belong to Ukrainian citizens, including military personnel,” as part of the Istanbul agreements as well.
Ukraine did not say whether it returned any bodies to Russia.
Photos published by Zelensky on Telegram showed men of various ages, mostly with shaved heads, wearing camouflage and draped in Ukrainian flags.
Some were injured, others disembarked from buses and hugged those welcoming them, or were seen calling someone by phone, sometimes covering their faces or smiling.
Moscow’s defence ministry released its own video showing men in uniforms holding Russian flags, clapping and chanting “Russia, Russia”, “glory to Russia” and “hooray”, some raising their fists in the air.
This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on June 14, 2025, shows Russian prisoners of war (POWs) wrapped with Russian national flags reacting as they sit in a bus following an exchange of prisoners at an undisclosed location in Belarus. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
The exchange came as Russia repeatedly rejected ceasefire calls and intensified its offensive along the front line, and especially in the northeastern Sumy region, where it seeks to establish a “buffer zone” to protect its Kursk region, previously partly occupied by Ukraine.
Zelensky claimed Russia’s advance on Sumy was stopped, adding that Kyiv’s forces have managed to retake one village.
Outnumbered star has secretly got married in a stunning ceremony, it has been reported. Tyger Drew-Honey is best known for being in the show and has now tied the knot with his partner Fluke Chotphuang.
The pair are clearly excited about saying their vows as she has already changed her surname to Drew Honey on Instagram. The couple have been an item for seven years and now they have put pen to paper and are officially married.
Tyger confirmed that they has said “I do” by sharing a post to his Instagram page. He posted a collage of photos from their special day.
Tyger has married his long term girlfriend ( Tyger Drew Honey/Instagram)
In the photo’s, Tyger’s bride can be seen looking stunning in a white gown. Meanwhile, the actor looked smart in a pale blue suit.
It’s unknown whether Tyger’s Outnumbered co-stars were at the special day. Tyger was was last seen in the iconic show last Christmas, when a special episode aired.
He reunited with his co-stars Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez and fans of the show couldn’t believe how much the three of them had grown up. Taking to X, viewers noticed that the three looked different, with others ‘feeling old’ to see them in black tie, sporting facial hair and tattoos.
Tyger found fame in Outnumbered ( PA)
One person said: “OMG those are the kids from Outnumbered now!! Wow.” Tyger isn’t shying away from the acting role as he appears in new Sky History series, Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood.
The new programme is a three-part drama-documentary which looks at the infamous Whitechapel murders of 1888 from a different angle. It explores how a group of reporters from a local news paper created the the legend of Jack The Ripper which then contributed to a serial killer getting away with their crimes.
Tyger plays real-life Ripper-era journalist Ernest Parke and took on a Victorian look for the role. In the series he wears a silk cravat and finishes the look with wire-rimmed glasses.
According to Sky History’s summary, Parke led much of the press around the Ripper killings, and “theorised in the 31st August 1888 edition that Jack The Ripper was a single killer”.
Tyger previously said that he hoped the Outnumbered reboot would help his acting career and mean he has more opportunities come up in the future. Speaking to The Sun, he shared: “I mean, my acting career over the years has been – I’ve done a few good things and then there have been times when I’ve worked on building sites.
“So, I just dream of having constant acting work and I really hope that the hype – and this beautiful job that we’re going to be doing – will give us momentum into next year so that we can all have a successful next year and a successful year after that. Because the last three or four years have been tough in this industry I think…”
Ukraine and Russia have swapped prisoners of war (POWs), the warring sides said, after Moscow also handed over the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv.
“We continue to take our people out of Russian captivity. This is the fourth exchange in a week,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media on Saturday.
The Russian Ministry of Defence posted on Telegram that another group of Russian servicemen was returned “from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime” in accordance with the agreements reached by the two sides in Istanbul earlier this month.
Photos published by Zelenskyy on Telegram showed men of various ages, mostly with shaved heads, wearing camouflage and draped in Ukrainian flags.
Some were injured, others disembarked from buses and hugged those welcoming them, or were seen calling someone by phone, sometimes covering their faces or smiling.
Moscow’s Defence Ministry released its own video showing men in uniforms holding Russian flags, clapping and chanting “Russia, Russia”, “Glory to Russia” and “Hooray”, some raising their fists in the air.
The Russian soldiers are in Belarus, where they are receiving medical treatment before being transferred back to Russia, the Defence Ministry said. The ministry did not say how many POWs were involved in the latest swap.
However, Russian state media reported, citing sources, that Moscow had not received any of its war dead back from Kyiv, echoing a statement Russia made on Friday when it said it had returned the bodies of 1,200 slain Ukrainian soldiers and received none of its own.
Ukraine earlier on Saturday confirmed it had received the bodies of its soldiers killed in action.
The latest POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine came after Moscow alleged that Kyiv had indefinitely postponed the swap of wounded and seriously ill POWs and those under the age of 25, as well as the return of the bodies of thousands of soldiers on each side.
The swap came as Russia intensified its offensive along the front line, especially in the northeastern Sumy region, where it seeks to establish a “buffer zone”. Zelenskyy claimed Russia’s advance on Sumy was stopped, adding that Kyiv’s forces have managed to retake one village.
While King Charles took centre stage surrounded by senior working members of the royal family on the Buckingham Palace balcony at Trooping the Colour today, many notable royals were missing from the line up
While most of the senior working members of the royal family took pride of place on the Palace balcony at Trooping the Colour today, others were notably absent from their coveted spot to watch the RAF flypast.
King Charles was centre stage, with Queen Camilla by his side. Prince William and Princess Kate, along with their three children George, Charlotte and Louis, were also present on the balcony. Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh also made an appearance, alongside the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Anne’s husband Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and the Duke of Kent.
A handful of royals were noticeably missing from the Trooping the Colour celebrations(Image: Getty Images)
The royals who missed out on a spot on the balcony were Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Prince Andrew, Zara Tindall, James, the Earl of Wessex, who also weren’t present on the balcony last year. Unsurprisingly, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were also left out of the Trooping celebrations.
Lady Louise Windsor, the daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, was also mysteriously absent from this year’s Trooping the Colour, despite her parents landing a spot on the balcony.
While Lady Louise doesn’t accompany her parents to all royal engagements, many believed she would be at this year’s event, after being invited to the celebrations last year.
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Lady Louise Windsor was noticeably absent from Trooping the Colour 2025
As she is not a working royal and is currently studying at St Andrew’s University in Scotland, she is not always seen at royal events, with her last public appearance with the family being during the annual Sandringham walkabout on Christmas Day last year.
In years past, the late Queen Elizabeth would often invite the royal family at large to join her on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the RAF flypast, but that all changed for the return of the grand Trooping the Colour event in 2022, which coincided with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
For the first time, the Queen decided to only invite working members of the royal family to the balcony, meaning both Harry and Meghan, along with Prince Andrew, were omitted from the royal line up.
At the time, Buckingham Palace said the monarch’s decision to only include royals carrying out official public duties was taken “after careful consideration”.
The late Queen Elizabeth made the decision to cull the royal line up for balcony appearance during the Platinum Jubilee (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)
However, the Queen made an exception for one little-known, non-working royal – her son-in-law, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence. Sir Tim is the husband of Princess Anne and is often at her side during her countless royal engagements.
The palace said at the time that the Queen was happy for him to be on the balcony as he is a “frequent attendee and support for the Princess Royal on official engagements”.
A fresh suspected herdsmen attack on a Benue community may have led to the death of many residents.
Channels Television gathered that the suspected herdsmen, on Friday, attacked Yelwatda, a Benue border town with Nasarawa state.
The Chairman of Guma Local Government Area in Benue State, Maurice Orwough, confirmed the attack.
According to him, many have been killed while more than 26 people have been hospitalised.
Speaking to Channels Television after visiting the scenes of the attack on Saturday, the chairman accused herdsmen of attacking his people unprovoked, following an early attempt to attack Daudu town before the military halted the attack.
According to Orwough, the herdsmen then moved towards Yelwatda at about 11.30 pm to attack Yelwatda, where there were just four soldiers posted, while over one hundred of the herdsmen opened fire on the people.
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While he is unable to confirm the actual casualty figures, the chairman called for increased surveillance in the area to protect his people.
Informal sources from Yelwatda said more than 50 people were killed in the fresh attack.
The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Friday after Israeli attacks on Iran. China and Russia condemned the bombings, while Israel’s allies, including France, doubled down on support for Israel.
