Ukraine and Russia exchange POWs in latest swop
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
The Ukrainian prisoners of war exchanged on June 19 were sick or injured, according to Kyiv’s coordinating council for POWs.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Follow topic:
KYIV – Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war (POWs) on June 19, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swops under an agreement struck in Istanbul.
President Volodymyr Zelensky posted images of the freed Ukrainian troops, smiling and draped in the national flag, most of whom had been held captive since the early months of Russia’s February 2022 invasion
The Ukrainian POWs exchanged on June 19 were sick or injured, according to Kyiv’s coordinating council for POWs.
The Russian POWs would also be sent for treatment and rehabilitation, Moscow’s Defence Ministry said.
Neither Ukraine nor Russia – whose talks on ending the war have yielded few results besides the exchange of prisoners or remains – provided an exact figure of how many POWs had been exchanged. REUTERS
