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🇷🇺 Russia and 🇺🇦 Ukraine have exchanged more bodies of their war dead, according to a Kremlin aide, as part of an agreement reached during a second round of peace talks in Turkiye last month.

About 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers have been exchanged for the bodies of 19 Russian soldiers.

“Following the agreements reached in Istanbul, another 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were handed over to Ukraine today,” Vladimir Medinsky, head of Russia’s delegation at the peace talks, said on Telegram on Thursday, adding that Ukraine handed over 19 slain Russian soldiers.

Exchanges of captured soldiers and the repatriation of remains have taken place regularly since the brief renewal of peace talks in Istanbul in May in what amounts to some of the only successful diplomacy between the two sides in their more than three-year war.

Medinsky posted photos on Thursday showing people in white medical suits lifting white body bags from the back of refrigerated trucks.

Russia plans to return the bodies of 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and this exchange marked the beginning of that process, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported.

During their direct meeting in Istanbul on June 2, Russia and Ukraine pledged to swap at least 1,000 soldiers on each side.

Negotiators from both sides also agreed to swap all severely wounded soldiers as well as all captured fighters under the age of 25.

But future talks to discuss a path to end the war have stalled as the gulf between Moscow and Kyiv has remained unchanged despite repeated pressure from United States President Donald Trump that Russia agree to a ceasefire.

At the talks, Russia outlined a list of hardline demands, including for Ukraine to cede more territory and to reject all forms of Western military support.

Kyiv dismissed them as unacceptable ultimatums and has questioned the point of further negotiations if Moscow is not willing to make concessions.

franchasng:
Western countries should have pity on Ukraine and give them long range missiles, that is the only reason Russia is having upper hand against Ukraine.


Just imagine if Ukraine had the capability to produce their own locally made long range missiles like other European countries.

bigpicture001:
Those dead blood should be on Donald trump... The todler US president..

WritterNg:
Blame it on Biden and every other US president that pushed Ukraine to their deaths.

Even Biden himself admitted that Ukraine can never win, it was always gonna be a bloodbath.

You cannot win against a nation with the biggest firepower in the world.

lordm:
1000 to 19. That's unfair

Quelme:
Na to migrate to Ukraine go find their bannies chop.

bigpicture001:
Blame. It on trump... Before trump it was always equal...

Trump deprived Ukraine not necessary support and sent them to their early grave..

Even till now he is reluctant to sanction Russia.. saying 50days dt he will still say another 50days.. and another 50days...

He is a very weak president with alot of noise...

He is the most powerless US president in history

bigpicture001:
Blame. It on trump... Before trump it was always equal...

Trump deprived Ukraine not necessary support and sent them to their early grave..

Even till now he is reluctant to sanction Russia.. saying 50days dt he will still say another 50days.. and another 50days...

He is a very weak president with alot of noise...

He is the most powerless US president in history

WritterNg:
Deprive of what exactly? The US have provided everything they can think of, both Presidents have confirmed it.

There's nothing Russia buys from the US, but on the other hand, the US still relies on Russia for enriched uranium for their nuclear program. US relies on Russia for some metals. So how can you sanction someone that doesn't even do much trade with you?

And BTW Trump only said Europe will pay and it will no longer be free. Europe happily paid and keep sending weapons till tomorrow.

US weapons shipments to Ukraine have not paused for one minute.

It's all disinformation warfare. Those of us who have followed this war closely from the beginning know this.

Whenever the US announces a pause in weapons shipment, the next day Ukraine launches the biggest drone and missile strikes on Russia. Where did those weapons come from? Europe? Where does Europe buy weapons from?

The US makes such announcement to try to fool Russia.