Zelenskyy stated each side exchanged paperwork by way of the Turkish facet, and we’re making ready a brand new launch of prisoners of the battle. Expectations have been low for any breakthrough on ending the three-year-old battle after a string of beautiful assaults over the weekend.
Russia, Ukraine on Monday concluded peace talks in Turkey and agreed to swap 6,000 our bodies of troopers killed in motion. The settlement emerged on the newest peace talks in Turkey, the place the 2 sides met for simply over an hour. Nevertheless, the talks delivered no main breakthrough in peace efforts.
Zelenskyy stated each side “exchanged paperwork by way of the Turkish facet, and we’re making ready a brand new launch of prisoners of the battle.” Expectations have been low for any breakthrough on ending the three-year-old battle after a string of beautiful assaults over the weekend.
Shock drone assault damages 40 Russian warplanes
Kyiv officers stated a shock drone assault on Sunday broken or destroyed greater than 40 warplanes at air bases deep inside Russia, together with the distant Arctic, Siberian and Far East areas greater than 7,000 kilometres (4,300 miles) from Ukraine.
The complicated and unprecedented raid, which struck concurrently in three time zones, took over a 12 months and a half to arrange and was “a significant slap within the face for Russia’s navy energy,” stated Vasyl Maliuk, the top of the Ukrainian safety service who led its planning.
Zelenskyy referred to as it a “good operation” that might go down in historical past. The operation destroyed or closely broken practically a 3rd of Moscow’s strategic bomber fleet, in accordance with Ukrainian officers.
Russia fires 472 drones at Ukraine
Russia on Sunday fired the most important variety of drones — 472 — at Ukraine since its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s air pressure stated, in an obvious effort to overwhelm air defences. That was a part of a lately escalating marketing campaign of strikes in civilian areas of Ukraine.
Hopes not excessive for the peace talks
Zelenskyy stated a brand new launch of prisoners of battle was being ready after the Istanbul assembly. The earlier direct talks on Might 16 additionally led to a swap of prisoners, with 1,000 on each side being exchanged.
Ukraine additionally handed Russia an official listing of kids it says have been forcibly deported and have to be returned, stated Andriy Yermak, head of Zelenskyy’s workplace.
Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan had chaired the peace talks at Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace, a residence relationship from the Ottoman Empire.
The talks aimed to debate the ceasefire phrases of each the edges, he stated, including that “the entire world’s eyes are centered on the contacts and discussions you should have right here.”
US-led efforts to push the 2 sides into accepting a ceasefire have up to now failed. Ukraine accepted that step, however the Kremlin successfully rejected it.
The Ukrainian delegation was led by Protection Minister Rustem Umerov, whereas Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, headed the Kremlin crew.
The Russian and Ukrainian delegations, every numbering greater than a dozen individuals, sat at a U-shaped desk throughout from one another with Turkish officers between them. Lots of the Ukrainians wore navy fatigues.