‘1,000 Each’: Russia-Ukraine Complete Largest Prisoner Swap In 3-Day Exchange

Russia and Ukraine accomplished the change of 1000 prisoners every on Sunday, the Russian Defence Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated, within the largest such swap because the conflict started three years in the past.

The three-day change began on Friday and concerned principally prisoners of conflict, together with 120 civilians, every. On Sunday, each side swapped 303 prisoners.

“Today, warriors of our Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, and the State Special Transport Service are returning residence,” Zelensky wrote on the Telegram app.

The change was the one concrete step in direction of peace to emerge from the primary direct talks between the warring sides in additional than three years on May 16, after they did not agree a ceasefire.

Ukraine, the United States and different Western nations have known as for a 30-day halt to combating with out preconditions to permit for peace talks.

Hundreds of hundreds of troopers on each side are believed to have been wounded or killed in Europe’s deadliest battle since World War Two, though neither facet publishes correct casualty figures.

Tens of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians have additionally died as Russian forces have besieged and bombarded Ukrainian cities.

On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that after the change was accomplished, Moscow can be able to current Ukraine with a draft proposal for a long-term peace settlement.

Russian forces launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities in a single day, together with on the capital Kyiv, within the largest aerial assault of the conflict up to now, killing no less than 12 individuals and injuring dozens extra, officers stated.

Russia’s Defence Ministry reported that its air defence items had intercepted or destroyed 95 Ukrainian drones over a four-hour interval. The Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, stated 12 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted on their approach to the capital.

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