Ukraine and Russia complete first prisoner swap since plane crash - BBC News

Russia says each side got 195 soldiers back, Ukraine says 207 of its military and civilians were returned.

18 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, @V_Zelenskiy_officialImage caption, One Ukrainian soldier was seen kissing the country's national flag after the reported exchangeBy Jaroslav Lukiv & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford in KyivBBC NewsRussia and Ukraine say they have exchanged captured soldiers - the first swap since the crash of a Russian plane that Moscow claimed had 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs) on board.

Russia's military says each side got 195 soldiers back on Wednesday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says 207 Ukrainian soldiers were returned.

Kyiv questions Moscow's claims that Ukrainian PoWs were on the plane that came down last week.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Wednesday that the Il-76 military transport plane had been downed by Ukraine in the western Belgorod region using an American Patriot system. He provided no proof.

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