Russian Forces Storm Detention Facility, Kill ISIS-linked Hostage Takers

Russian police, army officers and ambulances gather near a detention center in Rostov after several inmates took guards hostage. AP
Russian police, army officers and ambulances gather near a detention center in Rostov after several inmates took guards hostage. AP
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Russian Forces Storm Detention Facility, Kill ISIS-linked Hostage Takers

Russian police, army officers and ambulances gather near a detention center in Rostov after several inmates took guards hostage. AP
Russian police, army officers and ambulances gather near a detention center in Rostov after several inmates took guards hostage. AP

Russian security forces stormed a detention center in southern Russia, ending a hostage standoff, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Sunday.

The hostages at the facility in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, said RIA Novosti, citing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service.

It said that the hostage takers had been “liquidated,” with other local news outlets reporting that at least some of the prisoners had been killed.

State media said that some of the men were accused of affiliation with the ISIS militant group, which claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall in March.
Before special forces stormed the detention center, one of the hostage takers was shown by the 112 Telegram channel brandishing a knife beside one of the bound guards.
 



Report: Russia Has Handed Ukraine another 1,200 Bodies of War Dead

 A rescuer walks next to destroyed cars and a building of shopping mall damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine June 14, 2025. (Reuters)
A rescuer walks next to destroyed cars and a building of shopping mall damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine June 14, 2025. (Reuters)
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Report: Russia Has Handed Ukraine another 1,200 Bodies of War Dead

 A rescuer walks next to destroyed cars and a building of shopping mall damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine June 14, 2025. (Reuters)
A rescuer walks next to destroyed cars and a building of shopping mall damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine June 14, 2025. (Reuters)

Russia on Sunday handed Ukraine another 1,200 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war, Russian state news agencies reported on Sunday, saying Moscow had not received a single Russian corpse in return.
Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA both reported the handover, citing an unnamed source, according to Reuters.
It is the fourth in a series of handovers of soldiers' remains to take place in the past week, in accordance with an agreement reached between Russia and Ukraine at talks in Istanbul earlier this month.
Kyiv and Moscow agreed to each hand over as many as 6,000 bodies and to exchange sick and heavily wounded prisoners of war and those aged under 25.
Russia says it has so far handed Ukraine the bodies of nearly 5,000 Ukrainian service personnel, but has only reported receiving a total of 27 Russian servicemen in return.
Ukraine and Russia have conducted three exchanges of POWs so far, but have not disclosed exact numbers.