Russia and Ukraine agreed to a 1,000 prisoner swap last week during a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.
The countries started the process today. They’ve had over 60 exchanges in three years.
From The Associated Press:
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first phase of the exchange was bringing home 390 Ukrainians, with further releases expected over the weekend.“It’s very important to bring everyone home,” he wrote on Telegram, thanking all who worked to secure their return and pledging to continue diplomatic efforts to make more exchanges possible.Russia’s Defense Ministry said each side had released 270 military personnel and 120 civilian detainees. The exchange is “planned to continue in coming days,” it said.
Zelenskyy said the prisoner agreement “was perhaps the only tangible result of the meeting in Türkiye.”
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