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Tuesday July 08, 2025

Ukraine, Russia say exchanged new group of POWs

By AFP
June 13, 2025
Freed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) return after a swap, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on June 12, 2025.—Reuters
 Freed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) return after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on June 12, 2025.—Reuters 

CHERNIGIV, REGION, Ukraine: Ukraine and Russia said on Thursday they had swapped a fresh group of prisoners of war, the third exchange this week as part of a deal agreed at peace talks in Turkiye.

In Istanbul last week the two sides agreed to each free more than 1,000 prisoners of war -- all wounded or under the age of 25 -- and return the bodies of killed fighters.

“Today, warriors of our Armed Forces, National Guard, and Border Guard Service are back home,” Ukraine´s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media. “They all require medical treatment,” as they were “severely wounded and seriously ill,” he added. Russia´s defence ministry also confirmed the swap, saying in a Telegram post that “a group of Russian servicemen was returned” from Ukraine.