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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri May 16, 2025, 01:40 PM Friday

Ukraine war talks yield POW swap, but no truce

Russia and Ukraine agreed a large-scale prisoner exchange, said they would trade ideas on a possible ceasefire and discussed a potential meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in their first direct talks in over three years on Friday.

But coming out of the highly anticipated talks in Istanbul, which lasted just over 90 minutes, there were few signs of more significant progress toward ending the three-year war.

Kyiv was seeking an "unconditional ceasefire" to pause a conflict that has destroyed large swathes of Ukraine and displaced millions of people.

Moscow has consistently rebuffed those calls, and the only concrete agreement appeared to be a deal to exchange 1,000 prisoners each.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-ukraine-meet-istanbul-expectations-042059186.html

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Ukraine war talks yield POW swap, but no truce (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday OP
Solution is simple: 📣pootin, gtf out of ALL of Ukraine & agree to pay all reparations SheltieLover Friday #1

SheltieLover

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1. Solution is simple: 📣pootin, gtf out of ALL of Ukraine & agree to pay all reparations
Fri May 16, 2025, 01:43 PM
Friday

For every life disrupted or destroyed & all buildings & infrastrure.

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