MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine accomplished the trade 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 warfare started three years in the past.
The three-day trade began on Friday and concerned largely prisoners of warfare, together with 120 civilians, every. On Sunday, each side swapped 303 prisoners.
“Immediately, 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 trade was the one concrete step in 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, america and different Western international locations have known as for a 30-day halt to preventing with out preconditions to permit for peace talks.
A whole lot of hundreds of troopers on each 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.
