Russia and Ukraine transferred prisoners of war to each other as part of the "sanitary exchange"
This afternoon, as part of the agreements in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky . Russian soldiers are now in Belarus. In the near future they plan to deliver them to their homeland, where they will undergo a medical examination and treatment. Many of the military personnel who returned to Ukraine, as Zelensky emphasized, have been in captivity since 2022.