ISTANBUL, June 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange prisoners of war who are severely wounded as well as those under the age of 25, and also the remains of 6,000 killed soldiers, Kyiv said Monday.

    "We agreed to exchange all-for-all seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners of war. The second category is young soldiers who are from 18 to 25 years old -- all-for-all. Also we agreed to return 6,000 to 6,000 bodies of fallen soldiers," Ukraine's lead negotiator and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov told reporters in Istanbul.