Prisoners of war

  • Russia, Ukraine exchange 95 POW on each side

    Ukraine and Russia exchanged 95 of their soldiers each in the first major prisoner of war return in more than a month, according to statements from authorities in the two nations. The exchange was mediated by the United Arab Emirates, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday. More than half of the Ukrainian…

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  • Global leaders mulling next steps as Russia releases 500 dead Ukrainian soldiers

    Russia on Friday returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities said, in what appeared to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Most of the soldiers were killed in action in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, mostly around the city of Avdiivka that Russian forces captured in February…

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