The foreign ministers of Russia and Türkye spoke by telephone on Sunday (Jul 9), a day after Ankara angered Moscow by sending five Ukrainian commanders home with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in what
with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in what Russia called a violation of a prisoner exchange agreement.
Moscow has threatened to quit the grain export deal when it comes up for renewal on Jul 17, saying demands to facilitate sales of its own grain and fertiliser have not been met. The Russian ministry said the two sides had focused on recent developments around Ukraine, including Ankara's returning detained commanders of Ukraine's Azov unit, which defended a steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol last year.Russia captured the city last year after laying it to waste, killing thousands of civilians in a three-month siege. The Azov unit led the city's defence, holding out in the steelworks for weeks until they were ordered by Kyiv to surrender.
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