Ukraine and Russia confirm new prisoner exchange

Ukraine and Russia confirmed on Thursday a new prisoner exchange, the third this week under an agreement reached during peace talks in Turkey.

In negotiations last week in Istanbul, both sides agreed to release more than 1,000 prisoners each, all wounded or under the age of 25, and to return the bodies of soldiers killed in combat.

"Today, the fighters of our Armed Forces, the National Guard and the Border Guard Service have returned home. All of them need medical treatment," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia's Defense Ministry also confirmed the exchange, saying a group of Russian servicemen had returned from Ukraine and were now in Belarus.

The exchanges mark the only tangible result from the last two rounds of peace talks in Istanbul. Russia has so far rejected calls for an unconditional ceasefire, demanding that Ukraine abandon its bid for NATO membership and give up occupied territories.

On Wednesday, Russia handed over the bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war. /CNA

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