Ukraine war latest: 200 Ukrainian POWs return home in latest exchange, Zelensky says (kyivindependent.com)
from breakfastmtn@piefed.ca to world@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 03:23
https://piefed.ca/c/world/p/573280/ukraine-war-latest-200-ukrainian-pows-return-home-in-latest-exchange-zelensky-says

Ukraine has brought home 200 soldiers held in Russian captivity in the latest prisoners of war (POW) exchange on March 5, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed releasing 200 Ukrainian POWs in exchange for the same number of Russian soldiers captured by Ukraine, in a swap brokered by the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.

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Among the POWs who returned are soldiers who defended Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia, serving in the Armed Forces, the State Special Transport Service, the Border Guards, or the National Guard, according to Zelensky.

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