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Fact-checking Russian claims that Ukraine is stalling a planned prisoner swap

Russia's foreign ministry has accused Ukraine of stalling a prisoner exchange deal sealed during Istanbul talks, with state-sponsored actors flooding social media with similar claims without credible evidence to back them up.

The ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova alleged last week that the Ukrainian government was refusing to accept 1,000 captured Ukrainian soldiers as part of a preliminary deal reached on 23 July.

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