Russia, Ukraine each bring home 95 prisoners of war in UAE-mediated swap
Al Jazeera
The exchange was the 58th to take place since the beginning of the war, Ukraine says.
Russia and Ukraine have swapped 190 prisoners of war under a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
The exchange late Friday saw each side release 95 prisoners.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated that returning Russian service members were undergoing medical checks in Belarus, one of Russia’s closest allies throughout the two-and-half-year conflict. A Russian military video showed smiling soldiers boarding buses.
A video posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram account, meanwhile, showed men, some wrapped in the Ukrainian flag, getting off a bus and hugging loved ones.
“Every time Ukraine rescues its people from Russian captivity, we get closer to the day when freedom will be returned to all who are in Russian captivity,” the president said.
