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Russia And Ukraine Exchange Prisoners, But Moscow Says No War Dead Received
The exchanges are part of agreements reached by the warring sides during talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Ukraine earlier on Saturday confirmed it had received the bodies of its soldiers killed in action.
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Ukrainians Painfully Wait To Learn If Loved Ones Are Among Returned Bodies
Volodymyr Umanets, a 69-year-old security guard, hopes his son will be among the Ukrainian prisoners of war now being handed over by Russia, but he knows he could be part of a more sombre homecoming: the repatriated remains of dead soldiers.
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Russia, Ukraine Swap First Prisoners In Large-Scale Exchange
Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped a first group of captured soldiers -- part of an agreement reached during peace talks that appeared to be in doubt over the weekend.
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Russia To Give "6,000 Frozen Bodies" To Ukraine Under Prisoner Swap Deal
The second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the Turkish city of Istanbul ended without any major breakthrough on Monday, but the two warring sides agreed to a deal to swap more prisoners of war.
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'1,000 Each': Russia-Ukraine Complete Largest Prisoner Swap In 3-Day Exchange
Russia and Ukraine completed the exchange of 1000 prisoners each on Sunday, the Russian Defence Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, in the largest such swap since the war began three years ago.
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Video: 12 Dead In Ukraine As Russia Launches One Of Biggest Airstrikes On Kyiv
Russia has launched one of the biggest aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the start of the war, using missiles and drones, hours after the two sides began exchanging hundreds of prisoners of war
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Russia, Ukraine Each Free First 390 Prisoners In Start Of War's Biggest Swap
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
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Russia, Ukraine Agree To Swap 1,000 Prisoners Of War From Each Side
Russia said on Friday that the first direct talks with Ukraine in more than three years had yielded a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each soon and to resume talks after each side had set out its vision for a future ceasefire.
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Ukraine Receives Over 900 Bodies Of Soldiers From Russia Killed During War
The exchange of prisoners and war dead is one of the few areas of cooperation between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago.
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Beijing Red-Faced As Ukraine Breaks Humanitarian Law To Prove China Wrong
After China's outright denial of its citizens fighting the war alongside Russians, Ukraine decided to take some drastic actions.
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Hamas Promises Release of Hostages If End To Gaza War Guaranteed
A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a "serious prisoner swap" and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza.
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Civil War-Era Skeletons, Jewellery, Bullets Found Near Notorious Greek Jail
Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki has unearthed the remains of dozens of people executed during the Greek civil war era, relatives and officials said Wednesday.
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Hamas Hands Over Bodies Of 4 Hostages, Israel Frees Palestinian Prisoners
A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday.
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"Sorry, Couldn't Protect You": Freed Israeli Hostage At Funeral Of Wife, Sons
Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Zelensky Proposes 'All For All' Prisoners Of War Swap As 'Start' To End War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a complete exchange of all prisoners of war with Russia as the "start" of a process on ending the conflict.
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Russia And Ukraine Exchange Prisoners, But Moscow Says No War Dead Received
The exchanges are part of agreements reached by the warring sides during talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Ukraine earlier on Saturday confirmed it had received the bodies of its soldiers killed in action.
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Ukrainians Painfully Wait To Learn If Loved Ones Are Among Returned Bodies
Volodymyr Umanets, a 69-year-old security guard, hopes his son will be among the Ukrainian prisoners of war now being handed over by Russia, but he knows he could be part of a more sombre homecoming: the repatriated remains of dead soldiers.
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Russia, Ukraine Swap First Prisoners In Large-Scale Exchange
Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped a first group of captured soldiers -- part of an agreement reached during peace talks that appeared to be in doubt over the weekend.
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Russia To Give "6,000 Frozen Bodies" To Ukraine Under Prisoner Swap Deal
The second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the Turkish city of Istanbul ended without any major breakthrough on Monday, but the two warring sides agreed to a deal to swap more prisoners of war.
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'1,000 Each': Russia-Ukraine Complete Largest Prisoner Swap In 3-Day Exchange
Russia and Ukraine completed the exchange of 1000 prisoners each on Sunday, the Russian Defence Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, in the largest such swap since the war began three years ago.
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Video: 12 Dead In Ukraine As Russia Launches One Of Biggest Airstrikes On Kyiv
Russia has launched one of the biggest aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the start of the war, using missiles and drones, hours after the two sides began exchanging hundreds of prisoners of war
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Russia, Ukraine Each Free First 390 Prisoners In Start Of War's Biggest Swap
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
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Russia, Ukraine Agree To Swap 1,000 Prisoners Of War From Each Side
Russia said on Friday that the first direct talks with Ukraine in more than three years had yielded a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each soon and to resume talks after each side had set out its vision for a future ceasefire.
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Ukraine Receives Over 900 Bodies Of Soldiers From Russia Killed During War
The exchange of prisoners and war dead is one of the few areas of cooperation between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago.
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Beijing Red-Faced As Ukraine Breaks Humanitarian Law To Prove China Wrong
After China's outright denial of its citizens fighting the war alongside Russians, Ukraine decided to take some drastic actions.
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Hamas Promises Release of Hostages If End To Gaza War Guaranteed
A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a "serious prisoner swap" and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza.
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Civil War-Era Skeletons, Jewellery, Bullets Found Near Notorious Greek Jail
Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki has unearthed the remains of dozens of people executed during the Greek civil war era, relatives and officials said Wednesday.
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Hamas Hands Over Bodies Of 4 Hostages, Israel Frees Palestinian Prisoners
A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday.
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"Sorry, Couldn't Protect You": Freed Israeli Hostage At Funeral Of Wife, Sons
Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Zelensky Proposes 'All For All' Prisoners Of War Swap As 'Start' To End War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a complete exchange of all prisoners of war with Russia as the "start" of a process on ending the conflict.
