Ukraine and Russia swapped 160 captured soldiers on Friday, Moscow said, the latest prisoners of war exchange in the four-year war.
Russia’s defence ministry said on social media that “160 Russian servicemen have been returned”, with “160 Ukrainian prisoners of war handed over in exchange”.
Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in 2022, exchanges of prisoners and the remains of fallen fighters have been one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv.
“The returned Russian servicemen are currently in the Republic of Belarus,” the Russian ministry said.
It added that the United Arab Emirates had mediated the exchange.
Ukraine did not immediately comment or confirm the exchange had taken place.
