Ukraine and Russia freed greater than 200 prisoners of battle within the newest trade forward of the brand new yr.
Russia’s Defense Ministry mentioned 82 Russian troopers had been launched by Ukraine, whereas the Ukrainian president’s chief of workers, Andriy Yermak, mentioned Russia had handed over 140 Ukrainian service personnel.
Some of the 132 Ukrainian males and eight ladies who have been freed had been wounded or had fought to defend the Black Sea port metropolis of Mariupol, and on Snake Island, Yermak mentioned in a message on his Telegram web page.
The two sides have exchanged lots of of captured troopers in a number of prisoner exchanges in current months, regardless of a whole breakdown in broader diplomatic talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
In September, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 200 prisoners of battle attributable to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mediation and diplomatic site visitors performed with the nations leaders.
