Overview

• Details of the exchange, including total numbers, were withheld on security grounds by both sides.
• Moscow reported that young Russian servicemen under 25 were the first to be repatriated in a one-for-one swap.
• The swap represents one of the few tangible outcomes from the second cycle of direct peace talks in Istanbul.
• President Zelensky accused Russia of conducting a "dirty and political" game around the operation.
• Kyiv’s human rights envoy said most freed Ukrainian troops had been detained since 2022.