Russia, Ukraine swap 206 POWs in UAE-brokered deal

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 15, 2024 12:06 am

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.

FREED AT LAST Olena Tolkacheva (second from right), head of the patronage service of the 12th special-purpose brigade ‘Azov’ of the National Guard of Ukraine, embraces servicewomen from the brigade after their release from Russian captivity at an undisclosed location near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border on Sept. 13, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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