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Ukraine has brought back more than 200 of its military and civilians from Russian captivity. Source: President Zelenskyy on social media, PoW Coordination Headquarters; Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Quote: "Our people are home.

On Jan 3, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a video address regarding the recent prisoner exchange with Russia that freed 230 Ukrainians, where he claimed that the more Russian soldiers are captured, the more effective future negotiations will be.

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, has spoken about the preparations for the release of more than 200 Ukrainian defenders from Russian captivity. Source: Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Quote: "After a long period of time, we have been able to conduct a very complex PoW swap.

Kyiv said some soldiers released this week fought in Mariupol and defended Chernobyl, both of which saw fierce fighting early in the war.

The Security Service of Ukraine has released a video of Ukrainian defenders coming back from Russian captivity on 3 January. Source: Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Details: They were greeted with the words 'Glory to Ukraine!'.

224 Ukrainian POWs and six civilians have returned home after a prisoner exchange with Russia, announced President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Jan 3.

The previous prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia took place in August last year, after which, according to Ukrainian officials, Moscow refused to continue the practices in an alleged effort to turn Ukrainian families of POWs against their own authorities.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on 3 January that Ukraine will continue working to bring all Ukrainians back from Russian captivity. Source: Office of the President of Ukraine Quote: "We remember all the Ukrainians held in Russian captivity.

This time, the NGO rescued an eight-year-old boy, Yelysei, who lived with his grandmother in an occupied part of Kherson Oblast. When the boy’s grandmother died, "Russian occupation authorities immediately placed the child in an orphanage," Kuleba said.

Around 200 relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who had defended Mariupol and are now held in Russian captivity have gathered for a demonstration in Zaporizhzhia to draw public attention to the issue of prisoner exchanges in the hope of speeding up the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs) to Ukraine.