{"id":95063,"date":"2024-02-01T01:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/ukraine-and-russia-exchange-hundreds-of-prisoners-a-week-after-plane-crash-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T01:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T01:23:01","slug":"ukraine-and-russia-exchange-hundreds-of-prisoners-a-week-after-plane-crash-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/ukraine-and-russia-exchange-hundreds-of-prisoners-a-week-after-plane-crash-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and Russia exchange hundreds of prisoners a week after plane crash | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ukraine and Russia have exchanged around 200 prisoners of war from each side.<\/p>\n

Russia’s defence ministry said the swap involved 195 soldiers on each side – but President Zelenskyy<\/strong> said 207 Ukrainians were freed in Wednesday’s exchange.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate explanation for the different figures.<\/p>\n

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“We remember each Ukrainian in captivity. Both warriors and civilians. We must bring all of them back. We are working on it,” the Ukrainian president wrote on X.<\/p>\n

The Russian military said, without providing details or evidence, the Russian prisoners of war “faced deadly danger in captivity” and will be flown to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

The exchange comes a week after Russia accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a military transport plane<\/strong> carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, who were going to be swapped for Russian counterparts.<\/p>\n

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Missiles fired from across the border brought down the plane in Russia’s Belgorod region on 24 January, the defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

The crash killed all 74 people on board, including six crew members and three Russian servicemen, local authorities in Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, said.<\/p>\n

Moscow said 65 Ukrainian prisoners were on the plane.<\/p>\n

The incident also led some Russian officials to publicly question the possibility of future prisoner swaps.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian officials confirmed last week a prisoner swap was due to happen that day but said it had been called off.<\/p>\n

It said it has seen no evidence the plane was carrying prisoners.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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