Russia and Ukraine announce exchange of 40 prisoners, 20 from each side

Russia Y Ukraine They exchanged forty prisoners on Thursday, twenty soldiers on each side, the authorities of the two countries reported.

”As a result of the exchange negotiation process today from Ukrainian territory controlled by the kyiv regime, twenty Russian soldiers were returned”said the Ministry of Defense of Russia in a statement published in Telegram.

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He added that all released soldiers receive “the necessary medical and psychological assistance”.

”In a very short time they will be transferred to medical centers (…) to continue their treatment and rehabilitation”add the Defense note.

In turn, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, announced in kyiv that twenty defenders of the country “returned home”.

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“Ours come home… 20 people were released from captivity. It is the story of 20 Ukrainian heroes: 14 Armed Forces warriors, four Territorial Defense fighters, a national guard and a sailor”Yermak said, quoted by the Ukrainian agency UNIAN.

Source: Elcomercio

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