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MADRID 30 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, reported this Monday that a total of 189 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released on the eve of the New Year as part of an exchange with Russia thanks to the mediation of the United Arab Emirates.
“The return of our people from Russian captivity is always very good news for each of us. Today is one of those days: our team has managed to bring 189 Ukrainians home,” the president said in a message published on Telegram. .
The Ukrainian Ombudsman, Dimitri Lubinets, has indicated that since the beginning of the large-scale invasion by Moscow on February 24, 2022, more than 3,900 Ukrainians have been released, as indicated on the aforementioned social network.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense has put the number of released Russian soldiers at 150. “All Russian military personnel are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they receive psychological and medical assistance, as well as the opportunity to contact their families,” he said in a statement.
All these people will be transferred to Moscow to receive treatment in the medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Likewise, he thanked the mediation of the United Arab Emirates authorities in the process.