Key takeaways from the latest Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine wrapped up peace talks Monday in Istanbul after just more than an hour, departing the meeting with plans to swap prisoners but no breakthrough on a proposed ceasefire.

Ukrainian officials and Russian state media reported the second round of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow since March 2022 yielded pledges to return the bodies of dead soldiers to the other side, in addition to a large swap of prisoners of war (POW).

More than a dozen people on each side attended the talks at Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace, with the Ukrainian delegation led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and the Russian team led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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