Kiev comments on latest round of negotiations with Moscow

RT.com
02 Jun 2025, 20:27 GMT+10

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced that the two sides agreed to exchange the bodies of fallen soldiers

Moscow and Kiev have agreed to exchange the bodies of thousands of fallen soldiers, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced on Monday following the second round of direct talks in Istanbul, ürkiye.

Speaking to the press after the negotiations, Umerov, who led Kiev's delegation, stated that the two sides had discussed a number of topics, including a ceasefire, humanitarian issues, and a potential meeting between Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On the question of prisoner exchanges, Umerov said Moscow and Kiev had agreed to "focus on specific categories, not numbers." Both sides have reportedly reached an agreement to exchange all seriously wounded and seriously ill prisoners of war in an "all-for-all" format.

"The second category is young soldiers aged 18 to 25. Also all for all. We also agreed to return 6,000 for 6,000 bodies of dead soldiers," Umerov said.

Umerov added that Kiev has proposed holding a third round of talks at some point between June 20 and 30.

Monday's talks mark the second time Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have met directly to discuss the resolution of the Ukraine conflict since Kiev abandoned peace efforts back in 2022. The first round of the renewed talks was held at the initiative of Putin on May 16.

(RT.com)

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