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Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul. Online report |
2025-07-24 |
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA] Medinsky spoke following the negotiations Russia's proposals: ![]() The opposing side decided to consider this proposal by forming three working groups that would work online. Exchange of at least 1,200 more prisoners of war from each side. Consider the issue of declaring short, 24-48 hour, ceasefires to collect the wounded and the bodies of fighters. Russia has offered to hand over another three thousand bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen; the remains will be handed over with the help of the Red Cross and as soon as the Ukrainian side is ready. HUMANITARIAN AGREEMENTS: All humanitarian agreements of the second round have been fulfilled. The second unprecedented large prisoner exchange has been completed. Moscow has returned to Kyiv more than 7,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen. Indefinite medical exchanges of seriously wounded and sick people on the combat line will continue Sanitary teams are exposed to too much risk in the "grey zone". RETURN OF CIVILIANS: The issue of the return of civilians displaced as a result of military operations was discussed with Ukraine. Not all residents of the Kursk region, displaced by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the territory of Ukraine, have been returned home; there are about 30 of them. The reason why they are being held is unclear. Kyiv must clarify the status of these people. Russia is ready to exchange residents of the Kursk region held by Ukraine for captured military personnel and other categories of persons. DISCUSSION OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION: Russia and Ukraine spent a long time discussing the positions set out in the memoranda during negotiations; they are very far from each other. Medinsky expressed hope for operational contacts with the Ukrainian side not only at the level of delegations, but also at the level of working groups. Return of children: Russia has completed work on the list of Ukrainian children received during the last round of negotiations. Ukrainian children in Russia are under state control, well-off and safe in appropriate children's institutions. Russia has raised the issue with Ukraine that Kyiv should return to Moscow the children taken to Ukraine. Moscow has handed over a list of Russian children in Ukraine and EU countries. Related from regnum.ru Most of the children on the list of those “taken out” from Ukraine have never been to Russia Most of the children listed in the Ukrainian lists of those allegedly taken to the territory of the Russian Federation have never been on Russian territory. This was reported on July 23 by the head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Istanbul and aide to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky. The Commissioners for Human Rights and Children's Rights in Russia are working on a list of Ukrainian children who are allegedly on Russian territory. It turned out that a large number of children on the list had never crossed the country's borders. Medinsky added that the list sometimes included the names of adults, not children. Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that, as stated by the Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, member of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul Mikhail Galuzin, Russia raised with Ukraine the issue of returning Russian children taken by Kiev to Ukraine and the EU countries. He added that the Russian side expects Ukraine to be as attentive to Russian children as Russia is to Ukrainian children. The third round of Russian-Ukrainian talks took place on the evening of July 23 at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul. It lasted about 40 minutes. |
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