Since they Kiev i Moscow agreed on a major exchange prisoners of war and the remains of thousands of dead soldiers during talks in Istanbul earlier this month, on Thursday (June 12th) they exchanged a new group of seriously wounded and sick soldiers.
All Ukrainian soldiers need treatment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a message on Telegram, without giving details on the number of dead, reports Reuters.
Since then, Russia and Ukraine have exchanged dozens of prisoners of war, targeting those under the age of 25 and the seriously wounded and sick.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that a group of Russian soldiers had returned from Ukraine and crossed the border into neighboring Belarus, in accordance with agreements reached on June 2.
"They are being provided with the necessary psychological and medical assistance," the ministry announced on Telegram.
On Wednesday (June 11th), Ukraine announced that it had brought home the bodies of 1.212 soldiers killed in the war with Russia. Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said Ukraine had returned the bodies of 27 Russian soldiers.
Source: Reuters