AFP reports that Ukraine and Russia have periodically carried out prisoner exchange - maily soldiers since Moscow invaded Kylv over a year ago.
The warring Ukraine and Russia have said that they have returned about 100 prisoners to each other in the latest prisoner exchange.
AFP reports that Ukraine and Russia have periodically carried out prisoner exchange - maily soldiers since Moscow invaded Kylv over a year ago.
The Ukrainian president’s Chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak, on Monday said on Telegram that “We are returning 100 of our people. They are military people, sailors, border guards, national guardsmen.”
The Ukrainian Chief of Staff said the prisoners swap included troops who held out in Mariupol — the devastated port city captured by Russia last spring — and that some were “seriously injured.”
Yermak called the exchange “difficult” and thanked officials for “doing what may often seem impossible.”
He posted a video of women in uniform being greeted with flowers.
Russia said it had returned at least 106 of its servicemen in exchange.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that “As a result of negotiations, 106 Russian soldiers were returned from territories under Kyiv control,” adding that they will be taken by plane to Moscow “for treatment and rehabilitation.
“All those that were freed will be given the necessary medical and psychological help.”
AFP also reports that the previous Russian-Ukrainian prisoner swap was in March when authorities announced on March 7 that 130 Ukrainians were swapped for 90 Russian servicemen.