The UAE has mediated another exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine, which involved 292 captives - 146 from each side.
So far, the UAE has successfully moderated 17 such exchanges, involving a total of 4,641 prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its gratitude to the two countries for their cooperation with the UAE’s mediation efforts, and expressed its commitment to ensuring the success of all efforts aimed at achieving a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine and alleviating the humanitarian consequences of the crisis.
The Russian ministry said all of the freed Russians were in Belarus receiving psychological and medical assistance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted pictures of smiling returnees, saying most of them had been in captivity since 2022. He said a journalist taken prisoner a month after the invasion was among them.
Zelenskyy thanked the UAE for its role in overseeing the swap.
UAE Mediation Efforts Succeed with New Exchange of 292 Captives Between Russia and Ukrainehttps://t.co/cmjxWOilwM pic.twitter.com/L4C2o0ZPkp
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