Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner exchange, the 57th of its kind, resulting in the return of 103 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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Kyiv Post witnessed the first conversations with just-released Ukrainian POWs and their loved ones in a Sept. 14 prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, the 57th of its kind.
This time, 103 Ukrainians returned home.
Among those freed were fighters from the 36th Marine Brigade, the National Guard, including the 12th Special Operations Brigade Azov, border guards, and members of the Kraken special unit.
On September 13 and 14, two consecutive exchanges of prisoners took place, and as a result, it was possible to free 49 and 103 Ukrainians respectively.
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