"Since I left Tehran, I feel like everything I achieved in my life has no value anymore... I felt we were so uprooted, so homeless, as if we had no voice and no agency... We are hostages who are paying the prices of the bad decisions of other people." - Meryem, 27

Oh Eli 🥹 you’re the sweetest. Thank you so much — and same to you!! 🙏🌟

Says Ukraine and Russia agreed to a prisoner exchange of specific categories including severely sick and wounded soldiers, as well as bodies of dead soldiers. “There needs to be work done to determine a number.”

Ukrainians say they are unable to respond to Russian proposal today, because they only received it during the meeting a couple of hours ago. “We will provide an evaluation when we are ready to do it.”