Diplomacy – Each side agreed to “surrender” 103 soldiers to the enemy
Russia and Ukraine announced on Saturday that they had exchanged 206 prisoners, including Russian soldiers captured during the Ukrainian offensive in the border region of Kursk.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 103 Russian servicemen captured in the Kursk region were exchanged for the same number of Ukrainian prisoners of war. In the Kursk region, kyiv nevertheless congratulates itself on having taken hundreds of prisoners.
Emirati mediation
According to the ministry, the exchange was partly facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, which provided “mediation efforts.” On Telegram, Volodymyr Zelensky said the exchange led to the release of Ukrainian soldiers who defended kyiv, Donetsk, Mariupol and its Azovstal plant, as well as the Lugansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions.
On August 24, Russia and Ukraine announced that they had carried out, again with the mediation of the United Arab Emirates, an exchange of 230 prisoners, including Russian soldiers taken prisoner in the Kursk region.
In a separate statement, the Russian military said Saturday that it was continuing “offensive operations” in the Kursk region. On Thursday, it announced for the first time that it had regained ground there.
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