KYIV, Ukraine, June 19, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia and Ukraine said Thursday 
they had completed another exchange of captured soldiers, part of an 
agreement reached earlier in June at peace talks in Istanbul.

"Our people are returning home from Russian captivity," Ukrainian President 
Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media, as Russia's defence ministry also 
confirmed the exchange. Neither side said how many soldiers had been freed.