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By Jimisayo Opanuga
24 August 2024 | 1:09 p.m.
Russia and Ukraine announced Saturday they had exchanged 115 prisoners of warfare each, conscionable implicit 2 weeks aft Kyiv launched a astonishment incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The speech came arsenic Kyiv mounts its violative successful Kursk and arsenic Russia eyes much eastward astatine Ukrainian towns. It besides came connected Ukrainian Independence Day. Both countries…
Russia and Ukraine announced Saturday they had exchanged 115 prisoners of warfare each, conscionable implicit 2 weeks aft Kyiv launched a astonishment incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
The speech came arsenic Kyiv mounts its violative successful Kursk and arsenic Russia eyes much eastward astatine Ukrainian towns. It besides came connected Ukrainian Independence Day.
Both countries thanked the United Arab Emirates, which said it mediated the swap deal.
“Another 115 of our defenders person returned location today. These are soldiers of the National Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy, the State Border Guard Service,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
He published photographs of men wrapped successful Ukrainian flags.
Kyiv had said it had taken hundreds of Russian soldiers captive successful its Kursk incursion launched connected August 6.
Moscow confirmed the speech and said it had returned 115 soldiers taken captive successful Kursk:
“As a effect of a dialog process, 115 Russian servicemen taken captive successful the Kursk portion person been returned from territories controlled by the Kyiv regime,” the Russian defence ministry said.
The ministry said the troops were presently successful neighbouring Belarus, wherever they are receiving “psychological-medical help” and volition beryllium brought to Russia soon.
It released images of the men adjacent busses successful a field.
The United Arab Emirates said it had “successfully mediated a caller captives speech betwixt the Russian Federation and the republic of Ukraine.”
Kyiv and Moscow person held rounds of captive exchanges passim the much than two-year war.
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Russia and Ukraine announced Saturday they had exchanged 115 prisoners of warfare each, conscionable implicit 2 weeks aft Kyiv launched a astonishment incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The speech came arsenic Kyiv mounts its violative successful Kursk and arsenic Russia eyes much eastward astatine Ukrainian towns. It besides came connected Ukrainian Independence Day. Both countries…
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