Ukraine and Russia carried out a brand new alternate of prisoners of battle (POWs) on Monday, with Kyiv bringing house 189 former captives, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on Monday.
Zelenskyy thanked the United Arab Emirates and different companions for facilitating the swap.
“The return of our folks from Russian captivity is all the time superb information for every of us. And at this time is certainly one of such days: our staff managed to deliver 189 Ukrainians house,” Zelenskyy mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
The Russian Defence Ministry reported the prisoner swap earlier on Monday, saying both sides had freed 150 prisoners of battle. There was no fast clarification of the discrepancy within the numbers reported.
Zelenskyy mentioned the returning Ukrainians included troopers, sergeants and officers from completely different frontline areas, in addition to two civilians who had been captured within the southern port of Mariupol taken by the Russian troops in 2022.
Footage launched by Zelenskyy confirmed dozens of males sitting in a bus, a few of them wrapped in Ukraine’s nationwide blue and yellow flags.
