Prisoner exchange: 130 defenders returned to Ukraine


As a result of today's prisoner-of-war exchange, 130 people have returned to Ukraine.
This was reported by OP head Andriy Yermak.
Another exchange of prisoners - we managed to bring home 130 of our people - 126 defenders and 4 defenders, Yermak wrote in Telegram.
According to him, the soldiers of the AFU, National Guard, border guards, GOST returned home. Among them 87 defenders of Mariupol, 71 of which are from Azovstal.
They are also returning 35 people taken prisoner in the Donetsk direction, near Bakhmut and Soledar.
Most of the people we are returning today have severe injuries. As President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, the state should take care of each of them. Each of our heroes should feel that the state takes care of him," Yermak added.
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Eugenia Ruban writes about political and economic news. She looks at large-scale phenomena in Ukrainian politics and economics from the perspective of how they will affect ordinary Ukrainians.










