Ukrainian President Volodymyr on Sunday confirmed a beforehand mentioned prisoner-of-war (POW) alternate with Russia, which had already talked about the swap.
Zelensky, in a submit on Telegram, mentioned an inventory of 1,200 names was being labored on. Russian negotiators had talked about that determine throughout direct talks with their Ukrainian counterparts in Istanbul on July 23, whereas the Ukrainians didn’t launch a quantity then.
Following a gathering with Ukrainian lead negotiator Rustem Umerov, Zelensky mentioned that the alternate would come with civilians in addition to troopers. He added that preparations for an additional assembly with the Russian facet had been continuing, with out mentioning a date.
On the finish of July, Zelensky mentioned {that a} whole of 5,857 folks had been returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity for the reason that full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. An extra 555 folks had been freed aside from the exchanges, he reported on X.
The 2 sides launched prisoners most lately in July, concluding a phased alternate agreed in Istanbul on the finish of June of 1,200 on all sides.
The whole variety of prisoners on each side stays unknown and is consistently altering. There have additionally been repeated exchanges.
The unconditional and complete ceasefire known as for by Ukraine on the Istanbul talks isn’t in sight. Moscow has as an alternative provided temporary truces for each side to gather their fallen and injured alongside the frontline.
Amongst Russian preconditions for a complete ceasefire is that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine have to be halted.
