Russia and Ukraine have conducted a much-anticipated prisoner swap just ahead of the new year.
Moscow’s defence ministry said each side freed 150 prisoners of war in a swap on Monday, although Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 189 of Kyiv’s soldiers had been brought home.
Both sides said the United Arab Emirates had acted as a mediator.
The Russian captives were released on Belarusian territory and are being transferred to Russia, the defence ministry said.
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