Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each. The exchange, which is the largest since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, was negotiated during Friday's meeting in Istanbul.
ConflictsThe top meeting about the Russian invasion war in Ukraine was without presidents. Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyj accused Russia of not wanting peace, after the Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that he would stay away. USA's Donald Trump also chose absence from the meeting in Istanbul.
ConflictsUkraine's Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha met with his US counterpart Marco Rubio in Turkish Antalya on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday's negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
ConflictsRussia's President Vladimir Putin is not on the list of the Kremlin's delegation to the talks in Istanbul on Thursday. Russia intends to negotiate at a significantly lower level and is letting a former culture minister and hardline advisor lead the talks.
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