According to the website of Ukraine International News Agency on June 9, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that the prisoner replacement work between Ukraine and Russia was started on the 9th and will continue in the next few days. The exchange included the injured and young people under the age of 25.
Zelensky wrote on the Telegram social platform: "Our people are coming home soon. Ukrainians will return home from Russian prisoners of war camps. The exchange started today will be staged in phases in the coming days. The people returning this time include the injured and young people under the age of 25. The process is quite complex, involving many sensitive details, and negotiations are actually ongoing every day."
Zelensky said he hopes that the humanitarian agreement reached during the Istanbul talks will be fully implemented. He stressed that Ukraine is doing everything to get all captured people home and working on this at all levels.
He wrote: "We want to bring every captured person home. Thank you all for helping us."
The final number of people released will be announced after the exchange process is over.
On June 9, after the exchange of prisoners of war in Russia and Ukraine, people showed Ukrainian prisoners of war photos of missing or captured relatives and friends. (AFP)
According to relevant departments, the return of the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers who died in battle is also continuing.
Reuters also reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense said on the 9th that Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner of war exchange involving prisoners of war under the age of 25. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the prisoner change was the result of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine earlier this month.
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