More than 1,000 Ukrainian bodies have been handed back to Kyiv after a prisoner-of-war exchange - as Volodymyr Zelenskyy renews calls for sanctions. The Ukrainian president said on social media that many of those released by Russia had been "held captive since 2022".

A planned exchange of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war failed to take place on Saturday, with Moscow accusing Kyiv of postponing the swap at the last minute, which Ukrainian officials dismissed as more “dirty games” from the Kremlin.

Under the Istanbul agreements, another group of severely wounded and seriously ill service members were brought back to Ukraine from Russian captivity on 12 June. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter);

A UKRAINIAN prisoner of war had the words “Glory to Russia” burned onto his skin while held captive behind the border. A disturbing photo emerged showing the mutilated soldier after he

Ukraine has repatriated more bodies of fallen soldiers in line with an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul between Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Ukrainian officials said Friday.