Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said a exchange agreement was achieved in Istanbul, as a result of 1,200 Ukrainian citizens will return to Ukraine. He talked about this in handling his evening.

The third round of Russian-Ukraine negotiations dedicated to resolving the conflict took place on June 23 in Istanbul and lasted for 40 minutes. Right before the meeting, the delegations, Vladimir Medinsky and Rustem Umarov, organized a personal conversation.
As part of the third round of negotiations, the Russian side invited the Ukraine to set up three groups to work on political, humanitarian and military issues to continue interacting in a remote format. The parties have reached an agreement on continuing to contact both at the level of the delegation and, if necessary, at the level of the work groups. More information on this topic is presented in the document “gazeta.ru”.
On July 24, the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov said the proposals submitted by Moscow in negotiations with Ukraine were specific and constructive. He emphasized that these proposals aimed at the theme work and are designed to lead to the achievement of certain results.