Umerov announced the exchange of prisoners of war

Umerov told reporters about this after the meeting with representatives of the Russian Federation.

According to Rustem Umerov, the main points discussed by the Ukrainian and Russian delegations were the exchange and ceasefire.

The purpose of our talks was to discuss a ceasefire, an exchange of prisoners. We are also potentially preparing a meeting between the leaders of the countries.

Rustem Umerov

Minister of Defense of Ukraine

He also stated that the delegations talked about a prisoner exchange in a 1,000-for-1,000 format. Ukraine is currently working on the details of the process of this exchange.

Ukrainian representatives will announce the next steps later.

Ukraine was represented at the negotiations in Istanbul by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, first deputy heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Security Service of Ukraine, and other representatives.