Russia and Ukraine exchange numerous war detainees

Russia and Ukraine exchanged numerous detainees of war on Wednesday, simply a week after Moscow stated Kyiv had actually shot down an airplane bring lots of caught Ukrainian soldiers. Provided on: 31/01/2024 – 14:30 1 minutes Russia’s defence ministry stated 195 of its soldiers were released, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated 207 individuals– both soldiers and civilians– had actually gone back to Ukraine. “Our individuals are back. 207 of them. We return them home no matter what,” Zelensky stated in a social networks post. Russia’s defence ministry on the other hand stated “195 Russian servicemen … were returned home”. Unpredictability stays over the scenarios of recently’s crash, in which a Russian Il-76 military freight aircraft was downed in a field near its western border with Ukraine. Moscow states that 65 Ukrainian POWs being reached an arranged exchange were eliminated which the airplane was shot down by Kyiv’s forces. Kyiv has not straight-out rejected Moscow’s variation of occasions however questioned whether caught Ukrainian soldiers were really on board, and required Moscow to release pictures of their bodies or supply other proof to support its claims. The event had actually tossed doubt on the future of detainee exchanges in between the 2 sides. Ukraine stated Wednesday’s exchange was the 50th swap in between the 2 sides given that Russia attacked in February 2022. (AFP)

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