Zelenskyy mentioned releasing all prisoners of struggle and captured civilians could be an essential step towards peace.
Russia and Ukraine every swapped 175 prisoners of struggle on Wednesday in one of many largest exchanges because the begin of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years in the past.
The launched servicemen had been captured in a number of areas, together with Mariupol, the Azovstal metal plant, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and even Kursk.
After prisoners had been launched on the northern border of the 2 nations, they had been then taken to a hospital in Ukraine’s Chernihiv, the place members of the family awaited their arrival.
“All of them will instantly obtain the required medical and psychological help,’ Zelenskyy mentioned in a put up on social media platform X.
The Ukrainian chief expressed his gratitude in the direction of the prisoners of struggle, in addition to to the companions who faciliated the discharge.
“We’re additionally grateful to all our companions, particularly the United Arab Emirates, for making right now’s trade doable,” he mentioned.
On Wednesday, Russia launched an extra 22 severely wounded captives, in what they mentioned was a “goodwill gesture”. Zelenskyy mentioned they had been returned by way of a distinct negotiation course of “past exchanges.”
The Ukrainian chief mentioned releasing all prisoners of struggle and captured civilians could be a vital step towards peace and will construct belief between the 2 nations. He has repeatedly referred to as for an “all-for-all’ prisoner trade.
The trade comes after US President Donald Trump organized telephone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy to debate ceasefire circumstances. The 2 leaders agreed to a restricted ceasefire, of which discussions are nonetheless going.
