Russia and Ukraine exchange 190 prisoners of war

July 17, 2024

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 190 captured soldiers under an agreement brokered by the United Arab Emirates and the Russian Defense Ministry. announced Wednesday.

“As a result of a negotiation process, 95 Russian soldiers … were sent back,” the ministry wrote on Telegram, adding that 95 Ukrainian soldiers had also been released.

The Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets Posted an emotional video of a Ukrainian soldier wrapping himself in a Ukrainian flag and kneeling on the ground after his return.

The exchange announced on Wednesday is the sixth exchange brokered by the UAE this year. The total number of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers returning home is nearly 1,400, according to Bloomberg. reported about the exchange on Tuesday in advance.

Russian and Ukrainian officials exchanged In an earlier agreement brokered by the UAE on June 25, each was allocated 90 prisoners of war.

Moscow and Kyiv have carried out more than 50 prisoner exchanges since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

President Vladimir Putin said last month that 6,465 Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held in Moscow and 1,348 Russian soldiers in Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv would “continue to work for the release of every single one” of its soldiers captured by Russian forces.

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