The head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, said that Ukraine accepted 116 soldiers for the exchange of prisoners of war.

Russian prisoners of warPhoto: – / Sputnik / Profimedia

Yermak posted a video of soldiers on a bus posing with flags. According to him, these are “defenders of Mariupol, partisans from Kherson and snipers from the outskirts of Bakhmut.”

63 Russian prisoners of war were released after a complicated process of negotiations with Ukraine, Russian press agencies also reported on Saturday with reference to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, writes Reuters.

The group of released Russian servicemen includes people from the “sensitive category”, whose exchange was made possible through the mediation of the United Arab Emirates.

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