MOSCOW — Russia said on Saturday it swapped 103 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian prisoners of war (POWs) in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.

The Russian troops freed in Saturday's swap were captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, which began on August 6, Moscow's Defense Ministry said.

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