Ukraine and Russia traded almost 200 prisoners of war in a swap announced separately by both sides on Saturday, with the bodies of two British volunteers also being sent back to Ukraine. | Reuters
A still image from a video released by Russia’s Defence Ministry shows what it said to be captured Russian service personnel in a bus following the latest exchange of prisoners of war at an unknown location in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in this image taken from a handout footage released Feb. 4, 2023.
Ukraine and Russia traded almost 200 prisoners of war in a swap announced separately by both sides on Saturday, with the bodies of two British volunteers also being sent back to Ukraine. The Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said 116 Ukrainians had been returned, while Russian news agencies cited Moscow’s defense ministry saying 63 Russian POWs had been freed.“We managed to return 116 of our people, defenders of Mariupol, partisans from Kherson, snipers from the Bakhmut , and other heroes of ours,” Yermak wrote on Telegram.
Yermak also said the bodies of British volunteer aid workers Andrew Bagshaw and Chris Parry had been sent back to Ukraine.
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