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Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs in UAE-Brokered Deal

.Russia stated Saturday it exchanged 103 Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned for an equivalent lot of Russian POWs in an exchange offer brokered by the United Arab Emirates.The Russian troops cleared in Saturday's swap were grabbed in the course of Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk area, which began on 6 August, depending on to the Russian Self Defense Ministry.There was actually no urgent verification coming from the Ukrainian aspect." Due to the negotiation method, 103 Russian combatants grabbed in the Kursk region were actually sent back coming from territory handled by the Kyiv program," the Russian Defence Department said." In yield, 103 Ukrainian soldiers prisoners of war were actually handed over."." At present, all Russian combatants get on the area of the Commonwealth of Belarus, where they are being actually delivered along with the needed psychological as well as health care help, along with an opportunity to contact their family members," the administrative agency added.Regardless of continuous violences, Russia and also Ukraine have taken care of to exchange manies captives throughout the two-and-half-year dispute, usually in offers realtored by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Turkey.The news happens just three full weeks after Russia and also Ukraine changed 115 prisoners of war each in an exchange offer also mediated by the UAE.