Russia and Ukraine exchanged a total of fifty prisoners of war. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, civilians were among them.
“25 Russian soldiers have been returned from areas under the control of the Kiev regime,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in Telegram on Wednesday. The Russian soldiers are currently in Belarus, where they received “necessary psychological and medical assistance” before their return, the report said. In return, 25 Ukrainian soldiers were handed over.
Zelenskyy confirmed the prisoner exchange in a post on According to Zelenskyy, some people had fought at the Azovstal steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was captured by Russia in May 2022. Others were captured in the Kharkov, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
“Many of them have serious injuries and illnesses, they will receive all necessary medical care,” the Ukrainian president said. He further assured: “Ukraine is working diligently to bring our people home, and we will not stop until we bring all our people back.”
United Arab Emirates mediated
According to information from Kiev and Moscow, the prisoner exchange was mediated by the United Arab Emirates. Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners since Russia’s war of aggression began in February 2022. The remains of soldiers killed in fighting were repeatedly transferred to the other country.
Source: Krone
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