"I also informed the President about how the technical team's meetings in Istanbul went, as well as the exchanges of prisoners and the fallen. Russia handed over the bodies of its own troops. Forensic examinations are currently being carried out in Kyiv to identify their relatives," the Ukrainian President added.

Zelenskyy also briefed Trump on the latest developments on the battlefield, offering what he described as a factual account that contradicts Russian President Vladimir Putin's claims of progress.

"We talked about the situation on the battlefield. Putin is definitely not winning. I presented the President with the facts about what is really happening on the ground. Thank you for the meeting and your support. I'm also grateful for the truly kind words about our people. We will keep working," Zelemesky concluded.

Coming to the latest developments in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which is now in its fourth year, Moscow's missile strikes in southeastern Ukraine claimed 17 lives in the city of Dnipro and left over 200 people injured on Tuesday (local time), causing widespread damage to buildings and key infrastructure, as reported by Al Jazeera. A separate Russian assault killed two individuals in the city of Samara.

Russia also reported intercepting dozens of drones overnight across various regions, including the border-area Voronezh region, with Russian forces announcing they had taken control of the village of Dyliivka in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region--a long-contested battleground since the conflict first erupted in 2014, as reported by Al Jazeera.

Meanwhile, the member states of NATO have committed to ramping up their defence spending by investing 5 per cent of their country's GDP annually on "core defence requirements" as well as defence- and security-related sectors by 2035, to bolster their military capabilities, particularly against the long-term threat posed by Russia and the persistent challenge of terrorism.

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