Source: Russia, Ukraine exchange 206 prisoners in second swap in two days
Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of prisoners Saturday, 206 in all, in their second such swap in two days, following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that all 103 Ukrainians returned were from the military — 82 soldiers and privates and 21 officers.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the 103 Russian soldiers exchanged had been taken prisoner in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces launched a surprise incursion in August.
The exchange was mediated by the UAE, Emirati state news agency WAM said. It was the country’s eighth such mediation since the start of 2024, it said.
Kyiv and Moscow have frequently exchanged prisoners since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, and Saturday’s swap was the third since Ukraine began its incursion into the Kursk region.
乌克兰官员称，在阿拉伯联合酋长国斡旋谈判后，俄罗斯和乌克兰周六进行了一次大规模交换战俘，共交换了 206 名战俘，这是两天内的第二次此类交换。 总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示，所有返回的 103 名乌克兰人均来自军队，其中包括 82 名士兵和列兵以及 21 名军官。 俄罗斯国防部表示，交换的103名俄罗斯士兵是在库尔斯克边境地区被俘的，乌克兰军队8月份在该地区发动了突然袭击。 阿联酋国家通讯社 WAM 称，此次交流是由阿联酋调解的。报道称，这是该国自 2024 年初以来第八次进行此类调解。 自2022年2月俄罗斯全面入侵以来，基辅和莫斯科频繁交换战俘，周六的交换是乌克兰开始入侵库尔斯克地区以来的第三次交换。
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