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Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs in UAE-Brokered Bargain

.Russia stated Sunday it switched 103 Ukrainian soldiers cooped for an equivalent number of Russian POWs in an exchange package agented by the United Arab Emirates.The Russian troops cleared in Sunday's swap were grabbed in the course of Ukraine's incursion right into the Kursk region, which began on 6 August, according to the Russian Protection Ministry.There was no immediate confirmation coming from the Ukrainian side." As a result of the arrangement method, 103 Russian combatants captured in the Kursk location were actually given back from area managed due to the Kyiv program," the Russian Defense Ministry mentioned." In return, 103 Ukrainian military prisoners of war were turned over."." Currently, all Russian servicemen are on the area of the Republic of Belarus, where they are being actually supplied along with the necessary emotional and also clinical support, and also an opportunity to contact their family members," the administrative agency included.In spite of on-going hostilities, Russia and also Ukraine have taken care of to change hundreds of captives throughout the two-and-half-year conflict, often in packages agented due to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Turkey.The statement happens merely three full weeks after Russia as well as Ukraine switched 115 prisoners of war each in an exchange bargain likewise moderated due to the UAE.