Budanov announced a new prisoner exchange with Russia: what is known
12 April 13:18
A new round of prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia could take place as early as the end of next week.
According to "Komersant Ukrainian", Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine , made this statement in a comment to Novosti.LIVE.
Budanov said that following the return of 182 Ukrainians on April 11, preparations are already underway for the next exchange.
“I hope that another phase will take place sometime toward the end of the week. There were purely bureaucratic procedures involved,” the head of the Office of the President noted.
Easter prisoner exchange
It should be noted that Ukraine and Russia carried out a large-scale prisoner of war exchange, which took place on the eve of Easter. A total of 175 defenders and 7 civilians were returned home.
The soldiers returned from captivity had been defending Ukraine on various fronts: in Mariupol, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kyiv, and Kursk regions.
Some of them are wounded. Most had been in captivity since 2022.
The Joint Forces Command noted that the youngest released soldier is 22 years old, while the oldest is 63.
In total, among the military personnel released today are representatives of the Navy, the Army, the Territorial Defense Forces, the Airborne Forces, the Special Forces, the Air Force, the Security Service of Ukraine, as well as the National Guard of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service.
Also returning home today were seven Ukrainian civilians who had been taken captive by Russian occupation forces back in 2022.
