“270 prisoners of war and 120 civilians returned to Ukraine on May 23, the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine and the President’s office published the first videos on large exchange. Source: GUR MO, SBU, Presidential Office Details: As noted in the SBU, this exchange is the result of the Joint Center for Coordination of Searching for and Release of Prisoners, Coordination Staff on the Defense of Prisoners of Pursuing and other authorized structures that have executed the President of Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: GUR MO, SBU, President’s Office
Details: As noted in the SBU, this exchange is the result of the work of the Joint Center for the Coordination of Searching for and Release of Prisoners, the Coordination Staff on the Defense of Prisoners and Other Authorized Institutions that have executed President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
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The President’s Office posted a video on the exchange of prisoners pic.twitter.com/yicu3w4H13
– Ukrainian Truth ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) May 23, 2025
The head of the GUR Cyril Budanov added that the National Guard, border guards, paratroopers, sailors and infantrymen had been released from Russian captivity.
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Earlier on Friday it became known that Ukraine and Russia held the first part of an agreement to exchange 1000 to 1000, in which 390 people were able to return.