Russia, Ukraine exchange 206 prisoners in second swap in two days

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Russia, Ukraine exchange 206 prisoners in second swap in two days
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KYIV - Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of prisoners on Saturday, 206 in all, in their second such swap in two days, following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, officials said.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that all 103 Ukrainians returned were from the military - 82 soldiers and privates and 21 officers.

The exchange was mediated by the UAE, Emirati state news agency WAM said. It was the country's eighth such mediation since the start of 2024, it said.Kyiv and Moscow have frequently exchanged prisoners since Russia's invasion in February 2022, and Saturday's swap was the third since Ukraine began a cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region in early August.

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