17/7/2025–|Last update: 16:03 (Mecca time)
The Kremlin Assistant, Vladimir Midinski, said today, Thursday, that Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more remains of war dead as part of an agreement to be reached in the second round of peace talks. Istanbul Last June.
Midinski, head of the Russian delegation in the peace talks, confirmed in a statement published on the Telegram application, that Moscow The remains of a thousand Ukrainian soldiers handed over, in return, the remains of 19 of its soldiers who were killed by the fighting were handed over.
The Russian RIA Novosti news agency quoted a source as saying that Russia was planning to restore the remains of 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and that the exchange that took place today is the beginning of this operation.
Since the resumption of peace talks in Istanbul last May, several prisoners and the deaths of the soldiers have been made between Moscow and Kiev.
During the Istanbul talks, which is the first direct negotiations between the two sides in 3 years, the two countries agreed to release more than a thousand prisoners of war on each side, all of whom were wounded, patients or under the age of 25. Several stages of the agreement have been implemented in recent weeks, accusing Ukraine Russia It intends to complicate the process of identifying the bodies.
The talks between the two countries have not resulted in the end of the war on any results that mention the exchange of prisoners and the dedication of the dead soldiers.
And she refused Moscow Ukrainian invitations for an unconditional ceasefire, and instead demanded that Kiev give up more lands and give up Western military support as a prior condition for peace.
The prisoners ’exchanges and the deaths of the soldiers are taking place, while the war raging between the two countries has continued since February 2022.