Latest prisoner swap: 95 more defenders come home – photos, video
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War had carried out the 58th prisoner swap with Russia, and 95 more Ukrainian defenders came back home. Source: Coordination Headquarters and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram Quote from Zelenskyy: "95 of our people came home again.
The soldiers who defended the city of Mariupol, Azovstal Steel Plant and Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Kherson oblasts.
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Advertisement:Details: The Coordination Headquarters reported that the peculiarity of this prisoner swap was that many Ukrainians who had been convicted by Russian courts and sentenced to long prison terms (28 people) and even life imprisonment (20 defenders) were brought back. Among those released from captivity are National Guardsmen, sailors, soldiers of the Armed Forces, border guards and representatives of other units of the Ukrainian defence forces.
Ukrainian defenders, released in the latest prisoner swap with Russia.Photo: Coordination Headquarters on Telegram
These are people who defended the city of Mariupol and Donetsk, Luhansk, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Kherson oblasts. In particular, 69 soldiers and sergeants and 26 officers were released.
Ukrainian defenders, released in the latest prisoner swap with Russia.Photo: Coordination Headquarters on Telegram
The Coordination Headquarters added that many of the released defenders have serious illnesses and the consequences of severe injuries, as well as severe weight loss due to torture and malnutrition.
This is the 58th prisoner swap organised by the Coordination Headquarters.
In total, 3,767 people have been released from Russian captivity as a result of these swaps.
Ukrainian defenders, released in the latest prisoner swap with Russia.Photo: Coordination Headquarters on Telegram
The Conditioning Headquarters thanked the United Arab Emirates for its assistance in organising the latest prisoner swap.
Ukrainian defenders, released in the latest prisoner swap with Russia.Photo: Coordination Headquarters on Telegram
For reference: All relatives and friends of prisoners of war or illegally detained civilians can register in the Personal Account of the Coordination Headquarters to send and receive all the necessary information.
Ukrainian defenders, released in the latest prisoner swap with Russia.Photo: Coordination Headquarters on Telegram
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