{"id":43447,"date":"2024-01-03T19:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ukraine-russia-swap-pows-in-first-deal-in-months\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T19:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:31:04","slug":"ukraine-russia-swap-pows-in-first-deal-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-swap-pows-in-first-deal-in-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia swap POWs in first deal in months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Russia and Ukraine said on Wednesday that they had exchanged hundreds of captive soldiers, the first such prisoner-of-war exchange in months.<\/p>\n<p>The two warring sides had carried out several rounds of exchanges during Moscow\u2019s 22-month-long invasion, but the process had stalled in the latter half of last year.<\/p>\n<p>In almost simultaneous statements on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced they had received over 200 soldiers each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 200 of our soldiers and civilians have been returned from Russian captivity,\u201d Zelensky said on Telegram, posting a video of uniformed men celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said 230 Ukranian people \u2014 224 soldiers and six civilians \u2014  were released in total, marking what he said was the 49th exchange between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow\u2019s defence ministry said 248 of its soldiers were returned in a deal that came about after \u201ccomplex\u201d negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia and Ukraine said on Wednesday that they had exchanged hundreds of captive soldiers, the first such prisoner-of-war exchange in months. The two warring sides had carried out several rounds of exchanges during Moscow\u2019s 22-month-long invasion, but the process had stalled in the latter half of last year. 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