According to Russian authorities, the remains belong to Ukrainian servicemembers killed in action in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Kursk regions.

The Kremlin is insisting on the 2022 Istanbul format for negotiations as a way to buy time and blame Kyiv for the stalling of current peace talks, while planning to repeat an invasion under more favorable conditions in the future,

Kyiv confirms receiving bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian servicemen, Russian presidential aide says Moscow received bodies of 19 servicemen - Anadolu Ajansı

Russia is continuing its disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the prisoner exchange process by actively spreading false narratives through its officials and propagandists. Source: Centre for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Details: The Centre cited recent remarks made by Vladimir Medinsky,

Trump earlier hosted Ukrainian and European leaders for discussions about security guarantees for Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

EADaily, August 19th, 2025. Russia and Ukraine is likely to continue direct negotiations in Istanbul, at which the status of representatives of the parties may be increased.

Russia's top negotiator in Istanbul will be Vladimir Medinsky, an ideological Putin aide who led failed talks in 2022, has written school textbooks justifying the invasion and has questioned ...

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more bodies of their war dead, according to a Kremlin aide, as part of an agreement reached during a second round of peace talks in Turkiye last month.