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Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs in UAE-Brokered Offer

.Russia stated Saturday it exchanged 103 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an identical amount of Russian POWs in an exchange offer agented due to the United Arab Emirates.The Russian troops relieved in Saturday's swap were actually recorded in the course of Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, which started on 6 August, according to the Russian Protection Administrative Agency.There was no prompt verification from the Ukrainian aspect." Due to the negotiation procedure, 103 Russian combatants caught in the Kursk area were actually returned coming from region regulated by the Kyiv regime," the Russian Defense Ministry mentioned." In profit, 103 Ukrainian military hostages were turned over."." Nowadays, all Russian servicemen are on the region of the Commonwealth of Belarus, where they are actually being actually provided along with the required emotional as well as medical help, in addition to an option to contact their loved ones," the administrative agency incorporated.Despite continuous hostilities, Russia as well as Ukraine have actually taken care of to exchange dozens captives throughout the two-and-half-year problem, usually in packages agented by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Turkey.The announcement happens merely three full weeks after Russia as well as Ukraine exchanged 115 prisoners of war each in a swap offer likewise moderated due to the UAE.