Ukraine and Russia exchange 180 prisoners of war

This Tuesday, June 25, Ukraine and Russia exchanged a total of 180 prisoners of war, 90 from each side, with the help of the United Arab Emirates, both the Ukrainian Presidency and the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

“Home is not just a word. Home is Ukraine. Today, another 90 of our people have returned home from Russian captivity,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel.

Ukrainian soldiers return home

In the case of Ukraine, soldiers from the National Guard, Navy, Army and border guards, as well as defenders of the city of Mariupol and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, returned home.

Also soldiers who fought on the fronts of Kherson (south), Kharkiv (northeast), Zaporizhzhia (southeast) and Donetsk and Lugansk (east).

The president of Ukraine wrote a post on his X account where he said that they will continue their work to free all the prisoners.

“I thank our exchange team: Budanov, Yermak, Maliuk, Klymenko and Lubinets. And to all our helping partners, including the United Arab Emirates, for their help in the liberation of our people. Together we can achieve even the most difficult results,” he noted.

Russian soldiers transferred to Moscow

The Russian Defense Ministry explained on its Telegram channel that the exchange was the result of a negotiation process in which the United Arab Emirates provided humanitarian mediation.

“The released servicemen will be transferred on military transport planes of the Russian Air Force to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

All those released are receiving the necessary medical and psychological assistance, the ministry said.

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