Ukraine’s Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said the swap was part of agreements between Moscow and Kyiv reached in Istanbul earlier in the year. It said eight civilians as well as military personnel were returned to Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said one of the civilians was journalist Dmytro Khyliuk, abducted in the Kyiv region in March 2022, weeks into Russia’s invasion.
The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency said Sunday’s swap brought the number of prisoners released through 17 mediations by the Gulf state to 4,641.
