Ukraine conducts largest prisoner exchange since Russian full-scale invasion’s start
On 3 January, Ukraine returned 230 military personnel and civilians from Russian captivity after "the most difficult" negotiation process.
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Ukrainian religious scholar who survived Russian captivity dies at the age of 69
In Kyiv, people said goodbye to Ukrainian scientist and religious scholar Ihor Kozlovsky, who died on 6 September 2023. The funeral and memorial services were held in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on 9 September 2023.
Female Ukrainian judge jailed, shocked, threatened with firing squad in Russian captivity
When Russian troops invaded Mariupol, Yuliya Matveieva, a judge from the Illichivsk District Court of Mariupol, was ordered…
Ukraine returns 45 POWs from Russian captivity
Today, 45 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity in the latest Russo-Ukrainian POW swap, the Head of the…
Ukraine returns 44 more POWs from Russian captivity: military and two civilians
During another prisoner exchange, Ukraine returned home 44 more Ukrainians from Russian captivity, as reported by Hromadske, citing…
Ukraine returns 130 POWs from Russian captivity
In an "Easter prisoner exchange," Ukraine has returned home 130 prisoners of war, whom Russian forces captured in…
100 POWs return to Ukraine in latest prisoner swap, Kyiv says
On 10 April, the Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, announced the release of 100 prisoners…
Ukraine returns home 116 POWs from Russian captivity in another exchange
Head of the Ukrainian President's Office Andrii Yermak reported another prisoner exchange on 4 February in which 116…
Türkiye’s President Erdoğan holds telephone call with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy
European Pravda reports, referencing the Türkiye President's Office, that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a telephone call with…
Ukraine and Russia hold talks on major POWs swap
Ukrainska Pravda reports, referencing CNN Turk, Turkish Ombudsman Şeref Malkoç said that Ukraine and Russia were working on…
Russia arranges fake prisoner exchanges for Ukrainian POWs – Ombudsman
Ukrainska Pravda reports, referencing the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), Dmytro Lubinets,…
64 Ukrainian servicemen and 1 American civilian were released from Russian captivity
64 Ukrainian servicemen and 1 American civilian were released from Russian captivity today in POWs exchange, head of…
12 more Ukrainian POWs are returning home
12 more Ukrainian prisoners of war are returning home in yet another prisoner swap, head of presidential office…
Ukraine returns home 50 more POWs
50 more POWs returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange on 24 November, including two officers,…
107 Ukrainian soldiers liberated from Russian captivity – President’s Office
On Nov. 3, 107 Ukrainian soldiers were liberated from Russian captivity, including 74 defending Azovstal, Head of the…
215 Ukrainian POWs freed from Russian captivity, including Azovstal defenders
The largest part of the exchange took place in Chernihiv Oblast in the late hours of 21 September.…
Ukrainian women POWs stand proud with shaven heads after prisoner swap with Russia
On 1 April 2022, officials from Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner exchange under an agreement reached by…
The traitors, terrorists, and criminals Ukraine received in prisoner swaps with Russia’s “LNR/DNR”
Spontaneously drawn-up exchange lists After the prisoner exchange on April 16, 2020, President Zelenskyy made the following statement:…
Prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russian occupation authorities in Donbas underway – PHOTOS
This exchange has been rushed amid coronavirus quarantine restrictions that were cited as the reason to ban Ukrainian…
Suspected Maidan killers return to Kyiv, say they will prove Russian propaganda “coup” narrative in court
Among the many controversial aspects of the exchange, the release of the Berkut officers was probably the most…