Russia, Ukraine swap more POWs under Istanbul deal

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Russia, Ukraine swap more POWs under Istanbul deal

2025-06-15 12:20 Last Updated At：18:57

Russia and Ukraine conducted another prisoner swap on Saturday under an agreement reached during their talks in Türkiye's Istanbul last week, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

A group of Ukrainian prisoners of war was handed over to Kiev, said the ministry, not disclosing the number of released prisoners.

Russia also returned the remains of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers on Saturday, following the repatriation of 1,212 bodies on Wednesday and 1,200 on Friday, a representative of the Russian negotiating group told the Tass news agency.

Russia agreed to return the bodies of 6,000 fallen Ukrainian soldiers after the Istanbul talks on June 2.

Chinese yuan strengthens to 7.0108 against USD Monday

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 20 pips to 7.0108 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.