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| Istanbul Peace Talks: No negative results |
| 2025-06-03 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin: [ColonelCassad] The talks in Turkey have ended. As the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated, "without negative results." They lasted a little over an hour - 1 hour and 15 minutes. They exchanged memoranda on the parameters of the settlement. At most, they agreed on one more exchange. Which will take place in the near future. There will also be another exchange of the killed. They report that the negotiations were held in Russian. In general, they agreed to continue negotiating. And about the exchange. The next negotiations will take place sometime in June. Meanwhile, the war will continue. In May, the Russian Armed Forces liberated more than 500 square kilometers of territory. From the Russian delegation: 1. Russia handed over to Ukraine a memorandum containing specific steps to cease fire and achieve peace. 2. Russia will unilaterally transfer 6,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers and officers to Ukraine. 6,000 frozen corpses will be transferred to Ukraine next week. Russia is ready to accept in return any number of dead Russian soldiers that the enemy has. 3. An agreement was also reached on a new exchange of prisoners, as well as on the exchange of the seriously wounded and seriously ill, all for all. Also, prisoners under 25 will be exchanged all for all. The ceiling is no less than 1000. After that, exchanges will take place regularly. They will try to depoliticize them. 4. Russia proposed that Ukraine conclude a temporary truce on certain sections of the front for 2-3 days to collect the bodies of the dead. Another view of the Istanbul talks, round 2.
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