Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners, the largest exchange since the beginning of the conflict.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged other prisoners of war, this time both parties after 307, the Russian Defense Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable announced on Saturday. Already the next day, the enemy countries continued to exchange prisoners among themselves since the beginning of the conflict, which they agreed last week at direct negotiations in Istanbul. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
Russia and Ukraine agreed in Istanbul to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war within three days. On Friday, each party received 390 people – soldiers and civilians. Saturday’s exchange took place a few hours after the night combined attack of Russia on Ukraine, which claimed at least 15 injured, especially in Kiev.
The exchange of prisoners is in progress
“Another 307 members of the Russian army were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. In exchange, 307 Ukrainian prisoners of Ukrainian prisoners were handed over,” the Russian ministry said in a statement.
Greens on the X network confirmed the exchange and published photographs of returned Ukrainians. According to him, these are members of the armed forces, the border guard and the National Guard. He expects another exchange to take place on Sunday.
The number of prisoners is growing
It is assumed that Russia in its territory is imprisoned by 8,000 to 10,000 Ukrainian prisoners. Both Moscow and Kiev have repeatedly blamed each other for violating their rights arising from the Geneva Convention.
Despite the international pressure in the first direct talks since the beginning of the war, the parties have not agreed on the ceasefire that was promoted by US President Donald Trump. He informed about Friday’s exchange of prisoners among the first.
