Ukraine and Russia on Thursday verified a new prisoner exchange, the third this week under an offer reached throughout peace talks in Turkey.At last weeks settlements in Istanbul, both sides consented to launch more than 1,000 prisoners each, all either wounded or under the age of 25, and to return the bodies of soldiers killed in combat.Today, warriors of our Armed Forces, National Guard and Border Guard Service are back home, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in a social media post.
They all require medical treatment, he included, explaining the returned soldiers as badly wounded and seriously ill.Russias Defense Ministry likewise validated the exchange, stating a group of Russian servicemen had actually been returned from Ukraine and were now in Belarus.We continue working to bring everybody home from Russian captivity, Zelensky stated.
We thank everybody who assists make these exchanges possible so that each and every one of them can be home, in Ukraine.He released pictures of the returned soldiers, numerous curtained in Ukrainian flags with freshly shaved heads.
The oldest was 59 and the youngest 22, according to Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.
Some had actually formerly been listed as missing in action.Russian state media revealed returning troops wrapped in Russian flags and chanting Russia.The exchanges mark the only concrete outcome from two rounds of recent peace talks in Istanbul.
Russia has actually up until now rejected require an unconditional ceasefire, requiring that Ukraine abandon its NATO quote and cede occupied territories.On Wednesday, Russia turned over the bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with extraordinary obstacles.
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