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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

Ukraine and Russia suspended negotiations to end the war on Tuesday as a row erupted over a possible prisoner exchange in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

The Russian ministry published a video showing the capture of the Ukrainians, medical treatment being administered and the injured being taken away.

Efforts to rescue the last remaining Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol continue, according to Kiev.

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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

"We are working on further stages of the humanitarian operation," Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk wrote on Telegram.

Hundreds of civilians were evacuated from the plant in recent days.

Meanwhile, British intelligence said Russian armed forces are increasingly relying on "indiscriminate artillery bombardment" of Ukraine and "an unwillingness to risk flying combat aircraft routinely beyond its own front lines."

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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

Several buildings were attacked in the western Russian region of Kursk on the border with Ukraine, Kursk Governor Roman Starovoyt announced. This could not be independently verified.

Seven civilians were killed in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region by Russian troops, the head of the local military administration said.

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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

At least 382 civilians have been killed and 1,096 injured in Donetsk alone since Russia's invasion, according to Ukrainian figures.

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin visited Ukraine's Kherson on Tuesday, and said the region would take a "worthy place in our Russian family," RIA Novosti reported.

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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

His visit came days after the Russian-installed government in the Ukrainian province said it plans to appeal to Moscow for the right to become part of Russia.

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Kyiv and Moscow suspend peace talks amid Mariupol prisoner swap row

The developments in the war came as Sweden and Finland were on the verge of joining the western defence alliance NATO and the International Criminal Court (ICC) sent a team of 42 experts to Ukraine to investigate possible war crimes.