On February 4, Russia and Ukraine exchanged nearly 200 prisoners of war.
According to Archyde.com news agency, Ukraine’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said 116 Ukrainians have been released.
Meanwhile, Russian news agencies also quoted the Ministry of Defense of this country as saying that 63 Russian citizens have been released in this round.
The prisoner exchange is done through an intermediary country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The latest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine took place on October 17, 2022, in which a total of 218 prisoners of the two sides were transferred. release.
[Ukraine tiếp tục tiến hành trao đổi tù nhân, thi thể binh sỹ với Nga]
Before that, at the end of November last year, representatives of Russia and Ukraine met in the UAE and discussed the possibility prisoner exchangeopening up Russian fertilizer exports to Asia and Africa through a Ukrainian pipeline.
The negotiations were mediated by the UAE and did not include the United Nations, although the organization played a central role in the negotiations on the issue. Black Sea Grains Initiative.
Negotiations in the UAE aimed to remove the remaining obstacles in the initiative, which was extended on 1711/2022 but the parties have not yet agreed on the export of Russian fertilizers.
Bich Lien (VNA/Vietnam+)