Russia, Ukraine and Prisoner of war
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Ukraine and Russia agree to exchange prisoners and remains, but no date set for new talks; Kremlin responds to U.S. sanctions warning.
Ukraine is ready to exchange the remains of Soviet army soldiers who died during the liberation of Lviv from the Nazis in 1944 and buried on the Hill of Glory for Ukrainian prisoners of war. This was stated by the mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi.
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LONDON - Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written to world leaders appealing for a mass release of Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian civilians held by Russia - some 10,000 people in total,
The news was also announced by Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation in Istanbul, who further claimed that Ukraine handed over 19 bodies of Russian soldiers as part of the exchange.
It remains to be seen just how lasting and severe President Donald Trump’s turn against Vladimir Putin will be. Trump has criticized the Russian president in unprecedented terms in recent days and signaled he’ll send vital weapons to Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine carried out another prisoner exchange on Friday, following agreements reached during their most recent direct peace talks in Istanb
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Rustem Umerov as secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, according to a decree published on the presidential website on July 18.
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Ukrainian soldiers, civilians freed in latest prisoner swap with RussiaUkraine and Russia conducted another prisoner exchange on July 4, returning a group of Ukrainian defenders to their homeland—many of whom had been in captivity since 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said Friday that it had received another group of released Russian servicemen as part of a prisoner swap agreed with Ukraine during peace talks in Istanbul on June 2.
Russia pounds Kyiv with record overnight drone, missile attack, 1 dead, 26 injured Zelensky, Trump discuss air defense, joint drone production amid Russian strikes 'There is also good news' — Ukrainian drones hit key military optics plant in Russia,
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“We Are Not Victims. We Are Fighters”: Russian Political Prisoners, Including Left Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, Demand FreedomActivism / Here’s what you can do in solidarity. Suzi Weissman Read the open letter here. On July 3, from inside Russian prison colonies, 11 political prisoners—including Marxist sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky,
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