Zelensky announces new prisoner exchanges
5 July 00:41
Ukraine and Russia are preparing further prisoner exchanges. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his address, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“Today we had another exchange, our soldiers returned home from Russian captivity. We are preparing further exchanges,” he said.
As reported, on July 4, the next stage of the exchange of prisoners of war took place. The youngest released defender was 20 years old. The oldest is 59 years old. In addition to soldiers and sergeants, officers were also released.
As a reminder, following the second round of negotiations in Istanbul, the delegations of Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange prisoners of war in two categories and the bodies of up to 6,000 dead.
After that, five stages of returning the bodies were carried out. Five exchanges of prisoners were also carried out.
