Kyiv: 130 POWs return to Ukraine in prisoner swap

Andriy Yermak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, reported that 130 soldiers have returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.

“An Easter prisoner exchange. We returned 130 of our people. It took place in the last few days in several stages. Soldiers, border guards, members of the national guard, sailors, employees of the DSST [the State Transport Special Services],” Yermak said.

According to Yermak, both privates and sergeants who were taken prisoner in and around Bakhmut, Soledar, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson returned to Ukraine.

The Russian side has not reported a prisoner exchange.