Ukraine and Russia conducted an exchange of prisoners: 115 Ukrainians returned home (photo)

According to the President of Ukraine, the exchange took place through the UAE. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation emphasizes that the released Russians are in the territory of Belarus. On the Independence Day of Ukraine, 115 Ukrainian military returned home from captivity. These are the soldiers of the National Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy, the State Border Service. This was reported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "I thank every unit that replenishes our exchange.

Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine remembers everyone and everyone who is in Russian captivity and is looking for and making every effort to bring everyone back. Earlier, Ukraine and Russia will exchange 115 prisoners through the united Arab Emirates have declared Reuters news agency. It was reported that this exchange would become the first after Ukraine began an invasion of the territory of Kursk region. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also announced the exchange.

"As a result of the negotiation process, 115 Russian servicemen captured in the Kursk region were returned from the Kiev regime. Currently, all Russian servicemen are in Belarus. There are unconfirmed data that there may also be stitches among them - information about this is distributed by Russian warrior channels. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that the intermediaries in exchange were the UAE.