During the talks, the first direct negotiations between the sides in three years, both countries agreed to free more than 1,000 prisoners of war from each side -- all wounded, ill or under 25 years old.
“Our people are returning home from Russian captivity,“ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media.
Most of the Ukrainians had been captured in the first months of Russia’s 2022 invasion and had developed “serious medical conditions and illnesses” including dystrophy, ulcers, vision problems, musculoskeletal disorders and cardiovascular diseases, Ukraine said.
Zelensky posted similar photos of freed Ukrainian soldiers, crying, smiling and calling loved ones after being swapped.
Moscow has rejected Ukrainian calls for an unconditional ceasefire at the talks, demanding instead that Kyiv cede more territory and renounce Western military support as a precondition for peace.
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