MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine accomplished the alternate of 1,000 prisoners every on Sunday (Might 25), the Russian Defence Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, within the largest such swap for the reason that conflict started three years in the past.
The three-day alternate began on Friday and concerned principally prisoners of conflict, together with 120 civilians, every. On Sunday, either side swapped 303 prisoners.
“At the moment, warriors of our Armed Forces, the Nationwide Guard, the State Border Guard Service, and the State Particular Transport Service are returning residence,” Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram app.
The alternate was the one concrete step in the direction of peace to emerge from the primary direct talks between the warring sides in additional than three years on Might 16, once they didn’t agree a ceasefire.
Ukraine, the US and different Western international locations have referred to as for a 30-day halt to combating with out preconditions to permit for peace talks.
A whole bunch of hundreds of troopers on either side are believed to have been wounded or killed in Europe’s deadliest battle since World Conflict II, though neither aspect publishes correct casualty figures.
