Russia, Ukraine exchange POWs and civilians amid truce talks

AFP | Moscow

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Russia and Ukraine each sent back more prisoners of war yesterday in the latest in a series of exchanges that has seen hundreds of POWs released this year, the two sides said.

Large-scale prisoner exchanges were the only tangible result of three rounds of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul between May and July.

They remain one of the few areas of cooperation between the two countries since Russia’s offensive began in 2022.

“On August 24, 146 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled” by Kyiv, the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram. “In exchange, 146 prisoners of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were transferred to Ukraine.”