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SUMY REGION, Ukraine — Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, May 31, 2024, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months, officials said. A few hours earlier and at the same location, the two sides also handed over bodies of their fallen soldiers.The Ukrainian POWs, including four civilians, were returned on several buses that drove into the northern Sumy region.
The United Arab Emirates said it helped negotiate this latest exchange.The two sides have traded blame for what they say is a slowdown in the swaps.Ukraine has in the past urged Russia to swap “all for all” and rallies calling for the release of POWs take place across Ukraine weekly. A Ukrainian official at the headquarters coordinating the exchanges, Vitalii Matviienko said that “Ukraine is always ready.
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