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To spread: Ukraine and the Russian Federation on April 19 exchanged prisoners. 2...

Ukraine and the Russian Federation carried out the exchange of prisoners: 277 Ukrainian fighters returned home (photo)

To spread: Ukraine and the Russian Federation on April 19 exchanged prisoners. 277 prisoners of war, the National Guard, the State Special Transport Service and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine returned home. This was reported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "Our at home is one of the best news that can be. Another 277 soldiers returned home from Russian captivity," the President said.

He noted that among the returned fighters - defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk region. Zelensky also stressed that in the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, mediation was provided by the United Arab Emirates. According to the President of Ukraine, from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, 4 552 military and civilian Ukrainians have been returned from Russian captivity.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also reported the exchange. In the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country, 31 wounded Ukrainian military in exchange for 15 wounded Russians as a "goodwill gesture" was announced. We will remind, on April 18 the coordination headquarters on the management of prisoners of war reported that from Russia and the front to Ukraine transferred the bodies of 909 dead defenders.