It is the seventh such exchange the UAE has mediated since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
It is the first prisoner swap between countries since Ukraine launched its offensive inside Russia earlier this month.
In a statement released on Saturday, Mr Zelenskyy thanked the United Arab Emirates for acting as an intermediary between the countries.Loading Twitter content Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's commissioner for human rights, said 82 of the returned Ukrainians defended the port of Mariupol in 2022. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the UAE has mediated seven prisoner exchanges and the latest prisoner release brings the total to 1,788.
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