Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner exchange, with Ukraine returning 185 Russian soldiers in exchange for 185 Ukrainian POWs and 20 civilians.
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Ukraine brings home over 200 POWs, civilians in another swap with Russia
We are bringing home 185 of our defenders from Russian captivity. One hundred eighty-three are privates and sergeants, two are officers.
Our soldiers had been in Mariupol and at Azovstal, as well as at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.
Most had been held captive since 2022.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, we have managed to bring back more than 7,000 of our people.
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