INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine and Russia exchanged recorded soldiers Thursday in the latest detainee swap given that conference for direct peace talks in Istanbul
previously this month.Today, warriors of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service are returning home,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social networks, sharing pictures of smiling soldiers wrapped in Ukrainian flags.Most of the
launched Ukrainians had actually been held for more than three years, many of them recorded during the ruthless siege of Mariupol in 2022,
Ukraines POW coordination headquarters said.Russias Defense Ministry stated its troops were transferred to Belarus, where they were getting
psychological and medical care.Another group of Russian servicemen has been returned from area controlled by the Kyiv regime, the ministry
stated, sharing a video of uniformed guys curtained in Russian flags shouting Russia!Neither side disclosed the variety of troops
released.At their last direct talks on June 2, Ukraine and Russia pledged to exchange at least 1,000 prisoners each, though no follow-up
negotiations have been announced.
