00:00Russia and Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange on Monday involving severely wounded
00:10prisoner of wars and those under 25, following direct talks in Istanbul on June 2.
00:20The swap is part of a broader agreement to exchange at least 1,200 prisoner of wars each
00:26and repatriate thousands of war dead, one of the few areas of cooperation amid ongoing conflict.
00:34Kremlin said over the weekend that a first list of 640 prisoner of wars had been submitted to Ukraine.
00:42Today the swap was started, the first step of the agreement in Istanbul.
00:47There will be a couple of steps.
00:50At least, we talked about this with the Russian side.
00:54The Russian military said its returned prisoner of wars were now in Belarus for medical and psychological care before being transferred to Russia.
01:06The Kremlin reaffirmed its commitment to them and body repatriation agreements, accusing Kyiv of delays, the claims Ukraine has denied.
01:28URA!
01:30Still noises andoshing!
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