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| Russia retrieves POWs captured by Ukraine in Kursk Region | Russia retrieves POWs captured by Ukraine in Kursk Region |
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| Moscow and Kiev have swapped 115 troops each in a prisoner exchange, the Russian Defense Ministry has said | Moscow and Kiev have swapped 115 troops each in a prisoner exchange, the Russian Defense Ministry has said |
| More than a hundred Russian troops captured by Ukraine during its incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, have been freed, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. | More than a hundred Russian troops captured by Ukraine during its incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, have been freed, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. |
| As part of the exchange, Moscow handed over 115 Ukrainian prisoners of war to Kiev and received 115 Russian soldiers in return, the ministry announced in a statement on Saturday. | |
| The released Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus, where they are being provided with all the necessary psychological and medical assistance, as well as with the means to contact their relatives, it said. | |
| The troops will soon be brought to Russia for treatment and rehabilitation at Defense Ministry medical facilities, the statement read. | |
| The United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided “humanitarian mediation efforts” during the talks to return the Russian troops from captivity, the military said. | |
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