Planned Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap delayed

A major prisoner-swap between Ukraine and Russia has been delayed, with conflicting claims from both sides.

On Saturday, Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia's delegation for peace talks, said that Ukraine had indefinitely postponed the agreed exchange of the largest number of prisoners, involving both wounded and seriously ill, as well as the bodies of fallen soldiers.

Medinsky accused Ukraine of failing to show up at the exchange site.

However, Ukraine rejected Russia's claims, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling them a "dirty political game" and reaffirming Kyiv's commitment to the swaps.

Zelenskyy also said Russia did not provide a complete list of prisoners to be released under agreements made earlier in peace talks held in Istanbul.

Ukraine's military intelligence chief said that the exchange would proceed as scheduled next week and described Russia's accusations of delays as misinformation.