Overview

• Negotiators in Istanbul on June 2 agreed to swap more than 1,000 prisoners each and repatriate around 12,000 fallen soldiers’ remains.
• Russia’s chief negotiator said it delivered 1,212 bodies and a list of 640 POWs to the exchange site but accused Ukraine of postponing the transfer indefinitely.
• Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War rejected the claim, arguing Russia’s list flouted age and injury criteria and that no date had been set for body repatriations.
• On June 7, Russia launched over 200 drones and nine missiles in an overnight barrage that killed at least eight civilians and inflicted heavy damage in Kharkiv.
• The dispute highlights entrenched distrust undermining peace efforts that third-party mediators have struggled to overcome since the invasion began.