Russia and Ukraine continue agreed prisoner swap

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The Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday confirmed a new prisoner exchange with Ukraine, part of an agreement negotiated in early June. The swap involved the return of Russian servicemen from Ukrainian-controlled territory in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers, with both groups receiving medical and psychological care prior to repatriation.  #RussiaUkraine #PrisonerExchange #PeaceConversations #Diplomacy #TeleSUREnglish  These and more stories now! 🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K 🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Thursday the latest prisoner swap with Ukraine

00:04as part of a deal reached earlier in June at peace negotiations in Istanbul, Tokyo.

00:10According to the authority, the group of Russian servicemen was returned

00:14from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime and exchanged for a group of Ukrainian armed

00:20forces soldiers. The militiamen are currently on Belarusian territory where they are reportedly

00:27being provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance. In addition,

00:32the Eurasian Nation's Defense Ministry informed that the servicemen will be soon transported to

00:38Russia for treatment and rehabilitation at the institution's medical facilities.

00:48Precisely at a briefing with international news agencies on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir

00:53Putin expressed its readiness to continue negotiations with Ukraine, noting that the

00:59previous round of talks had paved the way for the current exchange of prisoners.

01:06We don't care who leads the negotiations, even if it's the current head of the regime.

01:13I'm even ready to meet, but only if it's some kind of final stage,

01:17so that we are not sitting there endlessly dividing something, but putting a full stop.

01:25There must be a signature of a legitimate authority.

01:31We are ready to continue these negotiations, right now, on the humanitarian track.

01:37The situation overall is such that these negotiations make sense.

01:41We have already agreed to exchange 1,200 prisoners. We are bringing back people. That's good. We have

01:48already handed over 500 people and received 400 back. I believe that everything will be fair here.

01:54We will get everyone we are supposed to get.

01:56No, we will get.

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