Ukraine and Russia agree to a prisoner swap — but made little headway beyond that

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed Monday’s second spherical of advise peace talks between Ukraine and Russia as “very, very momentous”.

He confirmed that each facet had agreed to exchange over a thousand prisoners of war along with a “highly significant number” of our bodies of infantrymen killed in action.

Monday’s discussion lasted easiest a little more than an hour and produced no major growth toward ending the three-year-veteran war, officials said.

Nevertheless, Erdogan said his greatest want now was to ship the Russian and Ukrainian leaders together for a assembly that may also consist of US President Donald Trump.

“The fact that the meeting took place despite yesterday’s incident is an important success in itself,” he added, in a televised speech.

The talks unfolded a day after a string of elegant long-range attacks by each facet, with Ukraine launching a devastating drone assault on Russian air bases and Russia hurling its largest drone attack of the war against Ukraine.

At the negotiating table, Russia presented a memo commencing the Kremlin’s phrases for ending hostilities, the Ukrainian delegation said.

Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, who led the Ukrainian delegation, told newshounds Kyiv officials would want a week to evaluation the epic and think on a response.

Ukraine proposed additional talks on a date between June 20 and June 30, he said.

The memo was no longer made public.