On March 19, a 175-for-175 prisoner exchange took place, which was proposed by the Russian side during a telephone conversation between Trump and Putin. About thisreported President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
“Today is another day when Ukraine returns its own. 175 of our defenders have been released from Russian captivity. Another 22 defenders are returning home thanks to measures outside of exchanges. Among them are seriously wounded and soldiers who were persecuted by Russia for fictitious crimes. All of them will be immediately provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance.” – says the message.
According to Zelenskyi, this is one of the largest exchanges. Our soldiers, sergeants and officers are returning home – warriors who defended our freedom in the ranks of the Armed Forces, the Navy, the National Guard, the Territorial Defense and the State Border Patrol. They held the defense of Ukraine in various directions — in Mariupol, Azovstal, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, as well as in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Kursk regions.
“Thank you to our Ukrainian prisoner search and exchange team for this important work, for the results that give hope. And we are grateful to all our partners, especially the United Arab Emirates, for making today’s exchange possible.” – stressed the President of Ukraine.
