EGN NEWS DESK
Ukraine and Russia swapped 115 prisoners of battle from both sides on Saturday in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates, the primary trade since Kyiv launched an offensive within the Kursk area earlier this month.
Some 82 Ukrainian troopers who served within the protection of Mariupol have been amongst these despatched again house, whereas the Russian detainees have been captured within the Kursk area throughout the ongoing cross-border offensive by Kyiv’s forces, in response to experiences.
“Another 115 of our defenders have returned house as we speak,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on X. “These are warriors of the National Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy, and the State Border Guard Service.”
The UAE confirmed on Saturday that it had helped dealer the swap deal, with the Foreign Ministry including it comes a month after an earlier spherical of captive swapping between the 2 sides.
