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Ukraine accuses Russia of providing the wrong bodies in war dead exchanges
Kyiv received the bodies of 20 Russian soldiers instead of Ukrainian ones during exchanges of war dead with Moscow, President Zelensky said in recent remarks.
Ukraine and Russia Exchange POWs in Latest Swap
The Ukrainian POWs exchanged on Thursday were sick or injured, according to Kyiv's coordinating council for POWs. The Russian POWs would also be sent for treatment and rehabilitation, Moscow's defence ministry said.
Russia and Ukraine exchange more prisoners of war
Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war for the fifth time on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Telegram that the swap included members of the Ukrainian army, the national guard and border troops.
Ukraine, Russia carry out another POW exchange under Istanbul deal
Ukraine has brought home another group of soldiers released from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on June 19.
Ukraine and Russia Exchange Wounded, Ill Prisoners of War
Since then, Russia and Ukraine have swapped dozens of prisoners of war, focusing on under-25s and the severely wounded and sick. There are hopes they could build into some of the biggest exchanges in the war that was triggered by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war, but Moscow received no war dead, Russia says
Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners-of-war (POWs) on Saturday, the Russian defence ministry said, and Russia handed over the bodies of 1,200 dead Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv.
Russia, Ukraine swop first prisoners in large-scale exchange
Both sides said it would be the biggest exchange once completed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Putin sending dead Russian soldiers to Ukraine to hide losses: Zelensky
Russia sent to Ukraine some of its dead troops in a prisoner and body exchange to hide Moscow's true battlefield losses, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president said that Vladimir Putin was using the return of war dead to obscure the scale of military losses from the Russian public.
Russia and Ukraine exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war
Russia and Ukraine said they exchanged an unspecified number of sick and wounded prisoners of war on Tuesday under an agreement reached at peace talks last week in Turkey. The handover took place after an initial swap of prisoners under the age of 25 was conducted on Monday.
Putin Says He Isn’t Seeking Ukraine’s ‘Capitulation’ to End War
President Vladimir Putin said he isn’t seeking Ukraine’s “capitulation” as a way to end the war, even as he reiterated his claim that the two countries are one people.
Putin claims the whole of Ukraine as Russian in speech
Vladimir Putin promised ‘catastrophic’ consequences for Ukraine and claimed that the Russian and Ukrainian people were ‘one nation’ in a conference this week. The Russian president answered questions on a variety of issues at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum,
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Russia and Ukraine swap more prisoners after Istanbul talks
Russia and Ukraine exchanged captured soldiers on Friday in the latest prisoner swap agreed during peace talks in Istanbul, ...
Ukraine POWs return home after a new exchange
Many were suffering from injuries and prolonged detention, according to Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment ...
Ukraine war latest: Russia accidentally admits to its staggering troop losses in Ukraine
Ukraine confirms Russia returned bodies of its soldiers disguised as Ukrainian A senior Russian official on June 19 ...
Ukraine and Russia exchange POWs in latest swop
Neither Ukraine nor Russia provided an exact figure of how many POWs had been exchanged. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...