Ukraine and Russia have agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each after the first face-to-face talks in three years, the BBC reports. The date for the transfer has been set, but is not being made public, Ukraine s defence minister says. Ukraine also requested direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow says it noted
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