The new big exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia took a long time to prepare. The United Arab Emirates took part in organizing the process.
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The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, spoke about this on January 3 at a short briefing after the exchange.
Among those fired are a combat medic, border guards, police officers, national guardsmen, defenders of Azovstal, Zmeiny Island, and defenders of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant who were captured in the first days of a full-scale invasion, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
Let us recall that during the first August 2023 prisoner exchange, Ukraine returned home almost 240 people – military and civilian.
230 defenders are returning home. Among them are representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – 130 (including TRO – 14, Navy – 14), National Guard – 55, State Border Service – 38, National Police – 1 and six civilians who were illegally deprived of their liberty.
Among those returned were both those who had official prisoner of war status, confirmed through the International Committee of the Red Cross (182 people), and Ukrainian military personnel who were considered missing and had the status of “identity search” (48 defenders).
The majority of those fired were men (225), five were women. There are 213 privates and sergeants, eleven are officers.
After exhausting months of captivity, in particular, a combat medic from the 36th Brigade Brigade returned. While in captivity, she basically spoke Ukrainian. The Russians simulated being taken out for exchange several times, but in the end they were returned back to the place of detention.
Finally, the seven defenders of Zmeiny Island, a military orchestra musician, a Ukrainian Armed Forces servicewoman who was deprived of her freedom by the Russians while on maternity leave, captured national guardsmen while performing their duties at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and a civilian teacher of the Eastern Ukrainian will see their families and friends. Dahl, defenders of Marupol.
Source: Racurs
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