“On Sunday, May 25, the third stage of exchange of prisoners took place, which was managed in Turkey”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, 303 soldiers – soldiers and the Sergeant of the Armed Forces, DShV, DPSU, TRU, Navy, National Guard were returned from captivity on May 25.
“Among them – 70 defenders of Mariupol, including 33 defenders of Azovstal”, “the minister emphasized.
On Sunday, May 25, the third stage of the exchange of prisoners took place, which was managed in Turkey, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“303 Ukrainian defenders at home. The third part of the exchange in the format of 1000 per 1000, which managed to agree in Turkey, is completed. Today, warriors of our army, the National Guard, the State Border Service and the State Special Transport Service are returning, ”he said.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that on May 25, the third stage of exchange of prisoners of war in the format “1000 per 1000” will take place.
On the basis of negotiations held on May 16 in Istanbul, a thousand per thousand per thousand was agreed between Ukraine and Russia. Earlier, 697 people have already returned to Ukraine from the previous two stages of this exchange to Ukraine.
Both sides sat at the negotiation table for the first time in three years. Ukraine demanded a 30-day ceasefire. However, the Russian side has not yet abandoned its territorial encroachments – recognition of its sovereignty over four Ukrainian regions, none of which its forces are completely controlled, Moscow calls the condition of beginning of the ceasefire.