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Russia and Ukraine fail again to agree ceasefire but commit to prisoner swap

created: June 2, 2025, 9:10 p.m. | updated: June 4, 2025, 7:59 p.m.

A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more prisoners of war. The texts of both the Russian and Ukrainian ceasefire proposals have not officially been made public. Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsia said that Russia had rejected the unconditional ceasefire. Ukraine also handed over a list of hundreds of children Kyiv says have been forcefully taken to Russia. Rejecting an unconditional ceasefire, Russia prefers to talk about "lasting peace", repeating its previous tough demands which Ukraine and its allies say are tantamount to Kyiv's de facto capitulation.

5 days, 9 hours ago: BBC News