Russia and Ukraine on Thursday carried out another round of prisoners of conflict exchange, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
In accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on June 2 in Istanbul, Türkiye, another group of Russian servicemen has been returned from the territory controlled by Ukraine, the ministry said in a statement.
It added that a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners of conflict was handed over in exchange.
The number of released prisoners of conflict from both sides was not provided.
During their latest round of talks in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine agreed on an "all-for-all" exchange involving seriously ill and wounded prisoners, as well as soldiers under the age of 25.
Russia, Ukraine conduct another round of prisoners of conflict exchange under Istanbul deal
Russia, Ukraine conduct another round of prisoners of conflict exchange under Istanbul deal
Russia, Ukraine conduct another round of prisoners of conflict exchange under Istanbul deal
The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippine city of Cebu has risen to eight by Monday morning as search and rescue operations continued for another 28 missing people.
The landfill collapse occurred on Thursday as dozens of sanitation workers were working at the site. The disaster has already caused injuries of 18 people.
Family members of the missing people said the rescue progress is slow, and the hope for the survival of their loved ones is fading.
"For me, maybe I’ve accepted the worst result already because the garbage is poisonous and yesterday, it was raining very hard the whole day. Maybe they’ve been poisoned. For us, alive or dead, I hope we can get their bodies out of the garbage rubble," said Maria Kareen Rubin, a family member of a victim.
Families have set up camps on high ground near the landfill, awaiting news of their relatives. Some people at the site said cries for help could still be heard hours after the landfill collapsed, but these voices gradually faded away.
Bienvenido Ranido, who lost his wife in the disaster, said he can't believe all that happened.
"After they gave my wife oxygen, my kids and I were expecting that she would be saved that night because she was still alive. But the night came and till the next morning, they didn't manage to save her," he said.
Death toll in central Philippine landfill collapse rises to eight
