Russia and Ukraine exchanged 230 prisoners of warfare on Saturday, weeks after Ukraine launched a cross-border attack into the Kursk area of Russia.
The Russians launched on Saturday have been captured in Kursk, Russian state information businesses reported, citing the nation’s defence ministry.
The ministry stated 115 troopers have been returned “from territories managed by the Kiev regime,” whereas Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated “one other 115 of our defenders have returned residence right now”.
It’s the first such swap since Ukraine first started its incursion into Russia on 6 August.
Kyiv has stated one of many targets of the Kursk offensive is to seize Russian troopers to commerce for Ukrainian prisoners of warfare. Ukraine claims to regulate over 1,000 sqkm of the Kursk area.
The United Arab Emirates reportedly mediated the swap.
Individually, on Saturday Ukraine stated it had carried out an assault on a Russian ammunition depot within the southern Russian area of Voronezh. Kyiv additionally reported that 5 folks had been killed in a Russian strike on the jap city of Kostyantynivka.
President Zelensky stated the returned Ukrainian troopers have been members of the Nationwide Guard, the Armed Forces, the Navy, and the Border Guard.
“We bear in mind each one. We’re trying to find and making each effort to deliver everybody again,” he stated.
“This brings nearer the discharge of our navy, our civilians from Russian captivity. Due to our workforce and companions, the UAE for our folks returning residence,” he stated.
Mr Zelensky stated that along with capturing Russian troopers, the Kursk operation had different targets he couldn’t disclose.
The Ukrainian president stated the operation was a preventative strike to discourage Russian assaults in the direction of Sumy, a metropolis in Ukraine.
He added Ukraine would do every thing to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to finish the warfare by means of diplomacy.
