The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Moscow and Kyiv exchanged a new group of prisoners of war on Friday, without specifying the number of individuals involved in the exchange.

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The ministry stated that a group of prisoners of war from the Ukrainian Armed Forces was transferred as part of this exchange operation. It emphasized that the exchange was carried out under the framework of the Istanbul agreements.

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing the return of Russian soldiers from territories controlled by the Kyiv regime.

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Earlier, the ministry had announced its readiness to conduct prisoner exchanges with the Ukrainian side on a daily basis, according to the schedule agreed upon in Istanbul on June 2, while confirming that Kyiv was not ready to participate.

On June 2, the second round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place in Turkey. The meeting, which lasted over an hour at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul, saw both parties exchange memorandums of understanding regarding conflict resolution and prisoner exchanges.

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