Russia and Ukraine carried out another prisoner swap on Friday, said the Russian defence ministry. In accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements on June 2 in Istanbul, a group of Russian military personnel was returned from the territory controlled by Ukraine on June 20,

Russia and Ukraine have carried out another prisoner-of-war exchange as part of a deal brokered in Istanbul earlier this month, the warring sides said on Friday. Russia's Defence Ministry said the sixth exchange took place once again at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged captured soldiers on Friday in the latest prisoner swap agreed during peace talks in Istanbul, offering a rare sign of cooperation despite stalled negotiations and continued fighting.

The Ukrainian POWs exchanged on Thursday were sick or injured, according to Kyiv's coordinating council for POWs. The Russian POWs would also be sent for treatment and rehabilitation, Moscow's defence ministry said.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged more prisoners of war on Tuesday, the Russian defence ministry said, without giving details of the numbers involved.

A new prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia has begun, officials in both countries said Monday, with Ukrainian soldiers who have spent nearly the entire duration of the war in captivity among those returning home.

The bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers have been returned from Russia, Kyiv says, as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between the warring countries. In return Russia received 27 bodies, Moscow's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said.

Russia and Ukraine started a major prisoner exchange on Monday after days of wrangling cast doubt over the only concrete result of peace talks last week in Turkey.

Russia and Ukraine conducted their fourth prisoner swap in a week, the Russian defense ministry said Saturday, and Russia handed over the bodies of

Ukraine and Russia carried out a new prisoner exchange on Thursday, June 19. Most of the defenders who were returned had been held captive since 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. "Our people are returning home from Russian captivity.