The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Thursday that mediation efforts conducted jointly with the United States had led to an exchange of 400 captives between Russia and Ukraine, with 200 prisoners released by each side. The ministry said the latest swap brought theContinue Reading
The second round of U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine concluded here on Thursday, with both sides agreeing to a large-scale prisoner exchange but failing to achieve substantive breakthroughs on core issues such as territorial arrangements and a ceasefire. According to Ukraine, the talks were conducted trilaterally before movingContinue Reading
Russia and Ukraine on Friday conducted another round of prisoner exchange, the Russian Defense Ministry said. In accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on June 2 in Istanbul, another group of Russian servicemen has been returned from the territory controlled by Ukraine, the ministry said in a statement. Continue Reading
Russia and Ukraine conducted another prisoner swap on Saturday under an agreement reached during their talks in Türkiye’s Istanbul last week, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement. A group of Ukrainian prisoners of war was handed over to Kiev, said the ministry, not disclosing the number ofContinue Reading
Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of indefinitely delaying a planned exchange of prisoners and the handover of fallen soldiers’ bodies. Russia has handed over the first list of 640 prisoners to Ukraine and begun transferring bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers, but Ukrainian negotiators did not arrive at the exchangeContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Saturday denied Russia’s claim that Kiev is delaying a prisoner exchange agreed on Monday. “Today’s statements by the Russian side do not reflect the reality and previously reached agreements,” the agency said in a statement. According toContinue Reading
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to another major prisoner exchange in their latest round of direct talks in Istanbul, head of the Russian Delegation Vladimir Medinsky said on Monday. Medinsky said that the deal will include an “all-for-all” exchange of seriously ill and wounded prisoners, as well as soldiersContinue Reading
