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 mentioned, within the largest such swap for the reason that battle started three years in the past.
The three-day alternate began on Friday and concerned largely prisoners of battle, together with 120 civilians, every. On Sunday, either side swapped 303 prisoners.
“At this time, warriors of our Armed Forces, the Nationwide Guard, the State Border Guard Service, and the State Particular Transport Service are returning dwelling,” 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 did not agree a ceasefire.
Ukraine, the US and different Western international locations have known as for a 30-day halt to combating with out preconditions to permit for peace talks.
Lots of of 1000’s of troopers on either side are believed to have been wounded or killed in Europe’s deadliest battle since World Struggle II, though neither facet publishes correct casualty figures.
