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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 23 /Xinhua/ — A large-scale prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine is planned to continue in the coming days, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
“The large-scale exchange initiated by the Russian side is planned to continue in the coming days,” TASS quotes the military department’s statement as saying.
As part of the agreement reached by the delegations of Russia and Ukraine at the talks in Istanbul on May 16 on the exchange of prisoners according to the formula “one thousand for one thousand people”, 270 Russian servicemen and 120 civilians, including civilians from the Kursk region, were returned from Ukrainian captivity. In response, Russia handed over 270 prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 120 civilians.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the returned Russian military and civilians are currently in the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance. “All of them will be delivered to Russia for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions,” the department said. –0–