205 Ukrainians have returned from Russian captivity as part of the first stage of a major exchange. Among them are soldiers who defended Mariupol, Azovstal and other key areas. The exchange was the first of its kind since the start of the full-scale war.<\/p>\n
More than two hundred Ukrainian servicemen who have been held in captivity since 2022 have returned home today as part of the large-scale exchange<\/a> with Russia. According to the president Vladimir Zelensky<\/strong>, This is only the first stage of the \u00ab1000 for 1000\u00bb arrangement.<\/p>\n Ukraine received 205 of its citizens, including representatives of the Armed Forces, the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service. Most of them were captured during the defence of Mariupol, in particular at the Azovstal plant, as well as in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kyiv and the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n\r\n