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War in Ukraine: Moscow and kyiv each exchange more than 230 prisoners
War in Ukraine: Moscow and kyiv each exchange more than 230 prisoners – (franceinfo)
As the escalation of attacks continues in Ukraine, Moscow and kyiv each exchange more than 230 prisoners of war. Repatriations made possible by mediation from the United Arab Emirates.
This is the largest military prisoner exchange operation since the start of the war in Ukraine: more than 230 releases in each camp. On the Ukrainian side, the joy of the soldiers returning home after several months of captivity. Among them, around sixty were captured during the siege of a factory in Mariupol.
The bombings intensify
An exchange in the midst of a period of escalation of bombings. In kyiv, volunteers come together despite the cold to collect debris from buildings hit by bombs. Inside, destroyed apartments, injured people. “She suffers from head trauma, half of her head is cut off, she is now hospitalized and on artificial respiration”, testifies a resident about her grandmother. The Ukrainians have warned: the anti-aircraft defense stock can only be replenished with the help of the West.
