Ukraine and Russia exchange first prisoners since Kursk invasion

Russia and Ukraine announced Saturday they had exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, just over two weeks after Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said “another 115 of our defenders have returned home today”, while Moscow’s defence ministry said: “As a result of a negotiation process, 115 Russian servicemen taken prisoner in the Kursk region have been returned from territories controlled by the Kyiv regime.”

Mr Zelensky previously said the Russian soldiers captured in the Kursk region are considered an “exchange fund”, and that he hopes they can be swapped for some of the roughly 6,5000 Ukrainian soldiers that Moscow says it holds.

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[justaguy-]

the ukrainians coming back from russia look very skinny and in bad health, the russian prisoners in ukraine look well fed and healthy.

[anastasiia]

Kursk invasion made this exchange possible.

[augustlion]

Well fed cared for Russian soldier exchanged for people who look like they have just escaped hell. What a contrast.

[stevo]

As usual the Rzzn prisons have treated the Ukrainians very badly. Definitely UN needs to do something about this 😡

[herr]

Sui giornali italiani dovrebbero dare più spazio a queste notizie

[DavidGetling]

For the Ukrainians exchanged this is great, but I'm betting that most Russian POWs would much rather remain being held in Ukraine.

[snicko]

Heroes. All look abused after being subjected to gulag imprisonment from the Tsar's criminal regime. What a ghastly Orwellian nightmare Russia has become...

[steveprocter]

This is the 55th POW exchange.
As yet the Red Cross has been unable to enter any prison in Russia but has access to all prisons in Ukraine.

[MahendSingh]

Possible because of Prime minister Modi recently visited

[ElRabito]

Nur eine kompostierte RuSSische Nazisau, ist eine gute Nazisau!

[Yuro_OKy]

What is the number 6, 5000? Must be meant 6500.

[aleccap]

True Russian and Ukrainian not the foriginers being paid to fight. Are related

[jl]

This is how prisoner exchange supposed to be not the lopsided one that Israel doing

[markd]

Do they go right back to fighting or get a break to be with family

[andrewherman]

now what? send them back to the line? running Out of bodies?

[BTCETHHODL]

Ukraine’s flag symbol= sigil of moloch= sigil of khazarians they are Jewish descendants

[martinconneally]

Lets not forget which country has been and still is the most corrupt out of these 2😡