A Ukraine-Russian cease-fire deal failed to gain traction on Monday following an extremely brief round of negotiations, with the warring sides only agreeing on a prisoner of war exchange.

Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the Russian defense ministry said. The announcement came hours after a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine.

Whether or not Moscow was deliberately trying to sow discontent in Ukraine, its failure to release political prisoners whose life is in danger and others illegally imprisoned for years was brutal