The proposal was described as “permanently open” and could be implemented at any time, should Putin agree. ・According to Umerov, the meetings in Istanbul began at 6 p.m. and ended around 9:30 p.m. ・On the humanitarian track,

Ukraine has brought home a group of soldiers released from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on July 23, marking yet another in a recent series of exchanges with Moscow.

Negotiators for the warring sides in Istanbul appeared to make little progress on ceasefire terms or a possible summit between their presidents – with their meeting ending after less than an hour.

The exchange was carried out by the Joint Coordination Center, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and other authorized agencies following the instructions of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

Under the deal, Russia and Ukraine would swap 250 prisoners of war each. Ukraine’s former defence minister Rustem Umerov, who led the talks in Istanbul, said that the two sides have also agreed to “exchange of at least 1,

The trade took a little minute to happen, too, on the back end,” Griner said. “I had to get transferred from the penal colony to the men’s prison in Moscow […] Their one little last play to terrorize me or mess with me

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