Overview
- A body exchange took place on Thursday under arrangements linked to the Istanbul talks, which the UN publicly acknowledged during a Security Council session.
- A source in the Russian negotiation group told RIA Novosti that Russia transferred 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers and received 30 Russian bodies in return.
- RT published video showing personnel in white protective suits moving remains from Russian EMERCOM trucks into other trailers, providing visual evidence of the operation.
- An earlier exchange on October 23 reportedly involved Russia handing over 1,000 bodies in return for 31, indicating a continuing pattern of numerically uneven transfers.
- Negotiations on broader swaps remain paused, with the Russian side saying it proposed transferring another 3,000 bodies, exchanging at least 1,200 prisoners each, and forming three working groups without a response from Kyiv.