Russia and Ukraine exchanged more than three hundred prisoners of war (prisoners of war) in an exchange of negotiated inventory through the United Arab Emirates front of the eve of the New Year, said officials from any of the countries.
The Russian Ministry of Defence on Monday said it swapped 150 Ukrainian prisoners, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenksyy said 189 Ukrainians had returned home.
There is no quick explanation for the hole in the informed figures.
“The return of our other people in Russian captivity is very intelligent news for each of us. And today, this is one of those days: our team controlled to take 189 Ukrainians to the house, ”Zelenskyy published in the Telegram messaging application.
He said the exchange included two civilians captured in the southern port city of Mariupol in 2022, thanking the UAE for helping broker the exchange.
The photographs through Zelenskyy have shown dozens of men sitting on a bus, some wrapped in national and national yellow flags in Ukraine.
A video published through the Russian Human Rights Commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, showed accumulated infantry attendees outside the doors, dressed in winter garments and army fatigue.
“I thank you for your service, patience and courage,” Moskalkova said, wishing them a happy New Year’s holiday.
“Very soon, our boys will kiss their parents and friends and celebrate the new year of their local country,” he wrote in a telegram message that accompanies the video.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the freed POWs were provided both psychological and medical assistance in neighbouring Belarus, a key Moscow ally, before heading for home.
There have been 60 exchanges of other prisoners since the war began in February 2022. The latter exchange took its position in mid-October when the two countries exchanged 95 prisoners of war each.
Ukraine said that Moscow Moscow had published a general of another 3,956 people, infantry and civilians, according to Kyiv since the clash began in Moscino. Zelenskyy promised to continue releasing the remaining prisoners of war.
“We continue running to lose each single user of Russian captivity. This is our goal, and no one will do it. I thank the team that each and every one is doing to take our other people home, ”he wrote.
The prisoner swap came here, while U. S. President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the U. S. would send just $2. 5 billion more of weapons into Ukraine, while his management is temporarily running to spend all the cash he had to fight Russia before the president elected Donald Trump to office.