Russian and Ukrainian authorities confirmed Thursday the release of 50 prisoners of war from each side, in the context of a war that is now in its ninth month.
As confirmed by the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Andrii Yermak, Russia has released 20 members of the National Guard, twelve from the Navy, ten soldiers from the Armed Forces, six from the Border Guard and two from the Territorial Defense Forces.
It has also detailed that among the soldiers returning to Ukraine there are at least 19 defenders from the city of Mariupol, the scene of fighting during the early stages of the war, as well as 15 others from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrinform reports.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense has also confirmed this information and stressed that the soldiers returning to Russian territory were «in danger of death» in Ukrainian custody.
Although the end of the war does not seem to be near and Russia and Ukraine have shown hardly any signs of rapprochement, Kiev and Moscow have carried out several prisoner exchanges since the outbreak of the war at the end of February.
