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Russia and Ukraine held a major prisoner exchange on Saturday, with 206 people in total. in the second such exchange in two days, following talks brokered by the United Arab Emirates, officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 103 returned Ukrainians were military personnel: 82 soldiers and privates and 21 officers.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced this. 103 exchanged Russian soldiers taken prisoner in Kursk border regionwhere Ukrainian forces carried out a surprise raid in August.
“Our people are home”Zelensky announced this in the Telegram app, adding:
We managed to return another 103 soldiers from Russian captivity to Ukraine.
Zelensky published images of soldiers wrapped in the blue and yellow national flag hugging each othertalked on his mobile phone and posed for group photos in an unknown location.
He the exchange was carried out through mediation United Arab EmiratesThis was reported by the Emirates state news agency. TO YOUHe added that this is the eighth mediation of this type that the country has conducted since the beginning of 2024.
Kyiv and Moscow have frequently exchanged prisoners since the Russian invasion in February 2022.Saturday’s exchange was the third since Ukraine launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in early August.
Ukrainian officials have previously said that they During the raid, the troops captured at least 600 Russian soldiers.and that this will help him ensure the return of captured Ukrainians.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, stated that Most of the liberated Ukrainians had been in Russian captivity since the first days of the invasion.
He posted a short video on the Telegram app showing soldiers standing in front of a bus shouting “Glory to Ukraine.”
Lubinets stated that Kyiv has achieved so far return of 3,672 Ukrainians in 57 exchanges.
Reuters
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