Russia and Ukraine introduced an alternate of 206 prisoners of warfare brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned the 103 launched servicemen have been from these captured through the Kursk invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky launched a number of the images launched on Saturday and mentioned: “Our folks have gone house.”
Final month, the Ukrainian military launch a shock assault Crossing the Russian border and advancing 30 kilometers (18 miles) in the direction of the Kursk area.
Zelensky mentioned the launched Ukrainians included 82 privates and sergeants and 21 officers from the armed forces, Nationwide Guard, border guards and police.
He mentioned they have been captured whereas defending the Kiev, Donetsk, Mariupol, Yazovstar, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv areas.
Russia mentioned the launched troopers, presently in Belarus, will obtain “essential psychological and medical help” and be allowed to contact their family members earlier than returning to Russia.
The UAE has remained largely impartial within the battle and acted as a mediator in earlier prisoner exchanges.
August, After the invasion of Kurskthe preliminary alternate is accomplished Involving 230 prisoners Complete.
Ukraine invaded Kursk partly to take away troops from Russian operations in japanese Ukraine.
The newest alternate got here as Russia mentioned it had retaken a village in japanese Ukraine, including to a sequence of advances in current weeks.
On Saturday, the Protection Ministry mentioned its troops had captured the village of Zhelanne Pershe within the Pokrovsk district.
It’s lower than 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the city of Pokrovsk, house to an essential railway station and on the intersection of a number of essential roads.
The city acts as a essential position as a logistics hub Ukrainian forces within the japanese Donbass area have been the principle goal of Russian forces for months.
