Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners of war / Article

The mediator in the prisoner exchange was the United Arab Emirates, which had previously broken prisoner exchanges between the two warring nations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy also reported the happy news in a post on the “Telegram” messaging app. He said that the released soldiers were captured in Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kherson regions.

“The exchange of prisoners was held today. The coordination headquarters and its team under the leadership of Kirlia Budanov returned to the home of 95 defendants in Ukraine. This is already the 58th exchange of prisoners. The exchange is a special event This is the recovery of 20 soldiers who were sentenced to life imprisonment by Russian espionage courts.

Zelensky also thanked everyone involved in the search and release of the prisoners, adding that every free defender in Ukraine will come closer on the day when all those detained in Russia will regain their freedom.

At the same time, Russia has carried out massive airstrikes on Ukrainian cities – 98 drones and six guided missiles were launched last night.

Drone strikes have wreaked havoc in many parts of Ukraine, with Odesa and its region being the hardest hit. A three-story residential building in the town was hit and 10 other private houses were severely damaged. However, the rescuers report that no one is dead or injured.

Russian airstrikes also caused damage in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine. 7 people were injured there – five of them were rescuers who suffered in another attack.

Residents regularly use such tactics to disrupt rescue efforts and kill Ukrainian rescuers.

CONTEXT:

Russia’s unprovoked and unprovoked attack on Ukraine began 2022. 24 of the year in FebruaryKremlin propaganda aggressively promised to capture Kyiv in three days, but the incompetent and strong Ukrainian resistance prevented the Kremlin from carrying out its plans.

After the problems, the Kremlin withdrew the army from the Kyiv region, but continued the attack in other regions. In the fall of 2022, the Ukrainian army managed to free him in a successful operation Kharkiv region and part Kherson regionincreasing expectations for the ability to defeat the opponent.

However, the offensive against Ukraine that was launched in the summer of 2023 was not so successful, which the Ukrainian army explains both by the insufficient supply of members- armies from the Western allies and with the deep defense line and extensive minefields created by the Russian army. Now at the front the career war has begun with hard battles and they must prepare for a long time for aid to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Russia regularly attacks civilian targets and is expected to target energy infrastructure like last year.

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