Overview

• On June 12, both sides swapped ill and severely wounded servicemen under the expanded humanitarian accord.
• The exchange prioritized prisoners under 25 and those requiring urgent medical treatment, officials in Kyiv and Moscow said.
• Ukraine repatriated 1,212 bodies of fallen troops on June 11 and returned the remains of 27 Russian soldiers.
• Russia’s defence ministry reported freed servicemen crossed into Belarus and received psychological and medical support.
• The International Committee of the Red Cross and UAE mediators facilitated the swap even as frontline fighting continues.