US EditionRussia and Ukraine reach deal on new POW swap and handover of bodies
- Russian and Ukrainian officials met on Monday at Istanbul's Ciragan Palace for a second round of peace talks.
- These talks follow Ukraine's recent large-scale attack on Russian airbases thousands of kilometers from the front line and come amid continued fighting.
- Both parties agreed previously on a prisoner exchange and exchanging peace deal visions, but remain far apart on key issues including ceasefire terms and security guarantees.
- Ukraine claims it damaged around 40 Russian strategic bombers worth $7 billion in the attack, which involved smuggling drones over 18 months for a major special operation.
- The talks indicate cautious engagement but suggest an elusive peace agreement as fighting continues and both sides maintain conflicting demands over territorial and security issues.
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The two sides are forming the final list, with priority given to the wounded, the seriously ill and prisoners aged up to 25.
Russia strikes Ukrainian port city of Odesa just hours after peace talks
A Russian overnight strike in the city of Odesa on Tuesday (3 June) has injured four people and caused significant damage. Footage released by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service shows multiple residential and commercial buildings ablaze in the Ukrainian port city. Firefighters and emergency crews can be seen battling the blaze, as dark smoke billows across the sky. The strike comes just hours after Russia and Ukraine ended a second round of peace…
Putin likes to have the upper hand, but before Istanbul Zelenskyy played an ace
Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent delegates to Istanbul to talk peace, but a day prior Ukraine sent its strongest signal to Russia and any third-party brokers: The war is not lost, writes Emily Clark.
Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey for their second round of direct peace negotiations in just over two weeks.
Second round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks ends swiftly with no major breakthrough
By Christian Edwards, Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko, Gul Tuysuz and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian and Ukrainian delegates met in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, in an operation that President Volodymyr Zelensky said was a year and a half in the making. The talks began late and lasted barely over an hour. Although both side…
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