Ukraine-Russia POW exchange: SBU releases exclusive footage
Photo: Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners (t.me/SBUkr)
Ukraine and Russia carried out the first stage of a new large-scale prisoner exchange today, June 9, successfully returning home several young Ukrainian defenders and others, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Today's exchange was made possible through the efforts of the Joint Center for Coordination of the Search and Release of Prisoners of War, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and other authorized bodies that carried out the assignment of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The SBU emphasized that President Zelenskyy expects full implementation of all humanitarian agreements reached during the recent negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul.
Photo: Ukraine and Russia conducted a new prisoner exchange (t.me/SBUkr)
Prisoner exchange
Ukraine and Russia were supposed to begin a new large-scale prisoner exchange on the weekend of June 7-8. However, the first stage only took place today, June 9.
The exact number of soldiers who have been returned home has not yet been disclosed. The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War promised that the final figures would be made public only after the exchange was completed.
As part of the exchange, seriously wounded defenders and those under the age of 25 returned to Ukraine.
You can find all the details of the exchange in the material by RBC-Ukraine.
