NBC News has analyzed satellite imagery to dig into the claims being made by Kyiv and Moscow as part of a wider propaganda war being waged in parallel to the actual fighting.

Russia and Ukraine held a second round of peace talks where they agreed to exchange more prisoners and to return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers.

At least three people are dead and another 21 injured in the biggest Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s second-largest city since the start of the war three years ago.Russia launched 48 Iranian-made drones,

Days after operation Spiderweb, Russia launched 407 drones and 45 missiles at the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, i n the early hours of Friday, June 6th. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow’s attack injured 80, killed six, and targeted “almost all” of Ukraine, listing nine regions, from Lviv in the west to Sumy in the northeast.

Russia struck Ukraine with a thunderous aerial bombardment overnight, further dampening hopes that the warring sides could reach a peace deal anytime soon.

Ukraine's military claimed on Saturday that it had successfully shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet during an air operation in the Kursk direction. The strike reportedly occurred early in the morning on June 7,