Ukraine has returned 205 more soldiers from russian captivity. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"Today, Ukraine has returned 205 soldiers. Young boys and adult men from almost all types and branches of the armed forces. Defenders of Mariupol and defenders of the entire front line. They were scattered across many russian regions, imprisoned by the prison system with a single task: to humiliate and destroy humanity. We have returned them," he said.
Zelenskyy thanked everyone who worked on this exchange, primarily the United Arab Emirates, for their mediation and assistance. The President stressed that Ukraine is doing everything to return everyone.
In turn, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported that this time among the released soldiers are representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular the Navy, Air Force, Airborne Assault Troops, Territorial Defense Forces, as well as the National Guard of Ukraine and the State Border Service of Ukraine. Three Ukrainian officers and 202 soldiers and sergeants are returning home.
The released Defenders defended Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk Axes, in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv Regions, in the Kherson, Sumy and Kyiv Regions, as well as Defenders from the Mariupol garrison.
Today's exchange is the fifth this year and the 64th since the start of the full-scale invasion. In total, within the framework of the negotiation process and exchanges since March 2022, the Coordination Headquarters has released 4,757 Ukrainian citizens.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, 277 soldiers returned to Ukraine during the prisoner exchange on April 19.
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