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Ukraine and Russia are negotiating to exchange 1,200 prisoners under Istanbul agreements.

Talks are mediated by Turkey and the UAE, with technical consultations planned.

Russian drone strikes continue to target Ukraine’s power grid and energy infrastructure.

Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could see 1,200 Ukrainians return home, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, following announcements of progress in talks by his national security chief.

“We are ... counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”

Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told AP on Saturday that consultations media

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