Russia and Ukraine alternate 175 prisoners of conflict every | EUROtoday

​Ukraine and Russia exchanged 175 prisoners of conflict every on Saturday ​of their newest swap, officers from each nations mentioned, as they put together to start out a ceasefire to mark Orthodox Easter.

President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned ​Ukraine ‌had introduced dwelling 175 servicemen and 7 civilians ⁠from Russian captivity. He mentioned the Ukrainian servicemen had defended the nation on completely different fronts ‌from the east to the south and most ⁠of them had been in captivity in Russia since 2022.

Russia’s Defence Ministry mentioned the United Arab Emirates had mediated ​the alternate. Russia took again 175 servicemen and in addition seven civilians ‌initially from the Kursk area, the ministry mentioned.

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During greater than 4 years of conflict, Kyiv and Moscow have carried out common POW ‌exchanges. They are among the many few concrete outcomes to emerge from a number of rounds of ​US-brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, which stay stalled over the difficulty of territory.

As each Ukraine and Russia rejoice Orthodox Easter ​this weekend, the nations have agreed on a brief, 32-hour ​ceasefire to mark the vacation.

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Russia mentioned the ​ceasefire would start at 4pm (13:00 GMT) on Saturday and finish at midnight on Sunday. Zelensky ​mentioned he and his military chief had mentioned the procedures for Ukrainian troops below the ceasefire.

“The absence of Russian strikes in the air, on land, and at sea will mean no ⁠response from our side,” he mentioned.

“A ceasefire at Easter could also become ⁠the beginning ​of real movement toward peace – our side has made the corresponding proposal.”

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)