116 Ukrainian soldiers return home after an exchange with prisoners

President Voldymyr Zelenskiy's office chief, Andriy Yermak, has said Ukraine has restored 116 soldiers as part of an exchange of prisoners of war.

Earlier Saturday, Russia said it had taken 63 prisoners in an exchange.

Yermak posted a video of soldiers on one bus and another, posing with flags in hand out in the snow.

He said they were the “defenders of Marioupolis, Kherson Partisan [and] snipers from the outskirts of Bakhmut”.

Another big PoWs spap. We manage to get back 116 of our people. Those are the protectors of Marioupol, Kherson Partisans, snipers from Bakhmut vicinites, and other heroes of ours. Pic.twitter. com/ DQQjPC4E6

Andre Yermak (@AndriyYermak) Febbery 4, 2023