{"id":126674,"date":"2024-01-03T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T14:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/126674-ukraine-russia-swap-pows-in-first-deal-in-months.html"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T14:28:02","slug":"ukraine-russia-swap-pows-in-first-deal-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/126674-ukraine-russia-swap-pows-in-first-deal-in-months.html","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia swap POWs in first deal in months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday that they had swapped hundreds of captive soldiers, their first publicly announced prisoner of war exchange in almost five months.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The two sides have carried out dozens of exchanges throughout Moscow's 22-month long invasion, but the process stalled in the latter half of last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            In almost simultaneous statements, the Russian defence ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced they had received over 200 soldiers each.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \"More than 200 of our soldiers and civilians have been returned from Russian captivity,\" Zelensky said on Telegram, posting a video of uniformed men celebrating.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said 230 Ukrainian soldiers had been released in total, marking what he said was the 49th exchange between the two sides.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Moscow's defence ministry said 248 of its soldiers had been returned in a deal that came about after \"complex\" negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Neither side discloses how many prisoners are in their custody.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Among the Ukrainian soldiers released were 66 from the city of Mariupol, which fell to Russian forces in May 2022, an official who took part in the negotiations told AFP.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers who fought in Mariupol have been tried by Russia for war crimes, in court proceedings denounced by Ukraine and rights groups as illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday that they had swapped hundreds of captive soldiers, their first publicly announced prisoner of war exchange in almost five months. 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