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Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs in UAE-Brokered Bargain

.Russia said Sunday it changed 103 Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned for an identical variety of Russian POWs in an exchange offer agented by the United Arab Emirates.The Russian soldiers freed in Saturday's swap were actually captured during the course of Ukraine's incursion right into the Kursk region, which started on 6 August, depending on to the Russian Defense Department.There was no immediate verification from the Ukrainian side." Due to the settlement procedure, 103 Russian servicemen recorded in the Kursk region were come back coming from territory handled due to the Kyiv regimen," the Russian Defense Administrative agency said." In profit, 103 Ukrainian military prisoners of war were actually entrusted."." Nowadays, all Russian servicemen get on the region of the Republic of Belarus, where they are being actually supplied along with the required mental and also health care help, and also a possibility to contact their relatives," the department included.In spite of on-going animosities, Russia as well as Ukraine have handled to switch thousands of detainees throughout the two-and-half-year problem, frequently in offers agented by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Chicken.The statement comes just 3 weeks after Russia and also Ukraine switched 115 hostages each in an exchange package additionally moderated by the UAE.