Russia and Ukraine have carried out a prisoner of war exchange involving Prisoner of Wars (POWs) under the age of 25, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday (June 9), that the swap was the result of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine earlier this month.
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.
