Ukraine and Russia agree on new prisoner-of-war exchange as Istanbul talks conclude

Ukraine and Russia vanished nan 2nd information of bid talks successful Istanbul connected Monday, agreeing connected a caller captive of warfare exchange, Kyiv's defence curate said.

Rustem Umerov, who is starring nan Kyiv delegation, said nan sides will switch earnestly sick soldiers and young people, Ukraine’s nationalist broadcaster Suspline reports.

“We person agreed connected an exchange, and we will soon denote nan specifications of nan exchange. We are focusing connected those who are earnestly injured and sick. We are focusing connected nan categories of younker and different categories, arsenic good arsenic nan speech of bodies”, Umerov told reporters aft nan gathering successful Turkey.

During nan talks successful Istanbul, Ukraine besides handed complete to Moscow officials a database of Ukrainian children forcefully deported by Russia.

"We are talking astir hundreds of children whom Russia has illegally deported, forcibly transferred aliases is holding successful nan temporarily occupied territories. We are waiting for a response. The shot is successful Russia's court," nan caput of Ukraine’s statesmanlike agency Andriy Yermak said connected Telegram.

The first information of negotiations connected 16 May resulted successful nan largest captive speech successful a thousand-for-thousand format, but hasn’t yielded overmuch consequence regarding putting an extremity to Russia’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine. 

This clip Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy identified 3 priorities for Kyiv: a 30-day ceasefire, different captive speech and nan return of Ukrainian children forcefully deported by Russia.

The Kremlin hasn’t revealed its priorities pinch nan Moscow officials only many times mentioning ‘the guidelines causes’ of its warfare against Ukraine.  

The Kremlin has been utilizing nan word "root causes" successful nan run-up to its full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful early 2022 and many times refers to them to warrant its all-out warfare against nan neighbouring country. 

‘Peace memorandum’

Kyiv and Moscow reportedly agreed to some taxable their "peace memorandum", outlining nan cardinal positions of each broadside earlier Monday.

The Ukrainian delegation stated that it has presented its elaborate roadmap, aimed astatine securing a lasting peace. Speaking to Russian authorities media, nan caput of nan Moscow delegation Vladimir Medinsky confirmed that nan Russian broadside had received nan Ukrainian bid proposals.

Moscow said many times they it would only denote its demands erstwhile nan talks restart.

Speaking up of nan Monday round, Zelenskyy stressed that Russia has not submitted its alleged bid memorandum to Ukraine, Turkey, aliases nan US. "Despite this, we will effort to execute astatine slightest immoderate advancement connected nan way toward peace," he said.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya reiterated past Friday that Moscow would only see a ceasefire if Ukraine halts mobilisation and stops receiving overseas subject aid. 

Moscow antecedently besides demanded that Ukraine retreat its forces from 4 Ukrainian regions, which Moscow claims to person annexed: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. 

Russia does not power each nan territories successful these regions, yet it "demanded" that Ukraine time off them entirely. 

Moscow besides allegedly demands that NATO halt its eastward description , connected apical of requesting that Ukraine perpetrate to a neutral position and not subordinate nan alliance. 

Reuters reported past Thursday that Russia wants to person a written committedness from Western leaders to cease NATO's description .

Trump’s patience pinch Putin is moving thin

US President Donald Trump has precocious expressed his vexation pinch Moscow’s reluctance to make steps towards a ceasefire and its intensifying and deadly attacks connected Ukraine.

At nan aforesaid time, he has truthful acold refused to enforce further sanctions connected Russia.

Over nan past fewer days Trump took to societal saying that Putin has gone "absolutely crazy" and is "playing pinch fire" aft Russia intensified its attacks connected Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy has called connected Trump to present a "strong caller package" of sanctions against Russia if ongoing bid talks successful Istanbul neglect to bring results.

Speaking astatine a associated summit of nan Bucharest Nine and Nordic leaders successful Vilnius, Zelenskyy stated that nan West must beryllium prepared to enactment decisively.

"If nan Istanbul gathering brings nothing, that intelligibly intends beardown caller sanctions are urgently needed — from nan EU's 18th package, and from nan US specifically, nan strongest sanctions President Trump promised," Zelenskyy said.

The measurement "should deed Russian power — particularly lipid and tankers — value caps, of course, and besides Russian banks and nan financial assemblage overall," he added.