On the 10th local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russia and Ukraine had completed the exchange of the second batch of prisoners. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the second round of direct negotiations on the peaceful resolution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Istanbul, Turkey on the 2nd of this month. The two sides agreed to exchange captured seriously wounded soldiers and young soldiers under the age of 25 in an “all for everything” method. According to information previously announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the 9th, the first batch of captured Russian soldiers under the age of 25 returned from areas controlled by Ukraine. In exchange, Russia handed over an equal number of captured Ukrainian military personnel.

On the 10th local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russia and Ukraine had completed the exchange of the second batch of prisoners. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the second round of direct negotiations on the peaceful resolution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Istanbul, Turkey on the 2nd of this month. The two sides agreed to exchange captured seriously wounded soldiers and young soldiers under the age of 25 in an “all for everything” method. According to information previously announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the 9th, the first batch of captured Russian soldiers under the age of 25 returned from areas controlled by Ukraine. In exchange, Russia handed over an equal number of captured Ukrainian military personnel.