After the intervention with the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners, with each area releasing 115 of those prisoners, according to an Emirati official.
The prisoner swap is the first prisoner swap since Ukraine launched military operations in Russian country earlier this month on August 6; it is a major development in the continuing conflict between the two countries.
The released Ukrainian POWs were pictured embracing one another as they were draped in the region’s blue and yellow flags, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who declared,” Another 115 of our soldiers have returned home immediately. These are men of the National Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy, the State Border Guard Service”.
He even praised the Russian soldiers who helped to increase the number of prisoners exchangeable.
115 Russian soldiers taken slave in the Kursk area have been repatriated from areas held by the Kyiv regime, according to the Russian defense department. The men who have been released are now in Belarus where they will undergo clinical care and treatment before flying back to Russia, they added.
This is the eighth prisoner swap the UAE has mediated since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The United Arab Emirates and the United Arab Emirates both expressed their gratitude for their efforts in helping to facilitate the transfer offer.
The United Arab Emirates claimed to have” properly mediated a fresh victims exchange between the Russian Federation and the Ukrainian republic”.
( With input from agencies )
