- Ukraine says it has freed 144 of its soldiers in a prisoner swap with Russia.
- It did not specify when and where the swap took place or how many Russian prisoners were released.
- Pro-Russian separatist leader Denis Pushilin says 144 soldiers from Russia and the Donetsk People’s Republic have returned home.
Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that 144 of its soldiers, most former defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of Mariupol, had been freed in a prisoner swap with Moscow.
“This is the largest exchange since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion,” the main intelligence directorate of Ukraine’s defense ministry said on Telegram.
“Of the 144 freed, 95 are Azovstal defenders.”
It did not specify when and where the swap took place or how many Russian prisoners were released as part of the exchange.
But Pro-Russian separatist leader Denis Pushilin said 144 soldiers from Russia and the Donetsk People’s Republic — the name of the breakaway region recognized by Moscow — had “returned home”.
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