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Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs in UAE-Brokered Package

.Russia pointed out Sunday it changed 103 Ukrainian soldiers shackled for an equivalent lot of Russian POWs in a swap offer agented by the United Arab Emirates.The Russian troops cleared in Sunday's swap were actually captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk area, which started on 6 August, according to the Russian Self Defense Ministry.There was actually no prompt confirmation from the Ukrainian aspect." Because of the discussions process, 103 Russian servicemen caught in the Kursk area were actually sent back from territory managed due to the Kyiv regime," the Russian Defence Department claimed." In return, 103 Ukrainian military prisoners of war were actually handed over."." Presently, all Russian servicemen are on the territory of the State of Belarus, where they are being actually supplied along with the necessary emotional and clinical support, along with an option to contact their relatives," the department incorporated.Even with recurring animosities, Russia as well as Ukraine have actually handled to exchange manies detainees throughout the two-and-half-year conflict, typically in bargains agented by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Turkey.The news comes simply three full weeks after Russia and Ukraine swapped 115 hostages each in an exchange offer likewise resolved by the UAE.