“Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Urges Troops to Capture More Russian Soldiers in Latest Prisoner Swap – Latest Updates and News”

2023-05-25 21:29:41

Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy has called on his troops to capture more Russian soldiers. “Everyone at the front should remember that the more Russian prisoners of war we take, the more of our people will return,” said Zelenskyy in his evening video address on Thursday.

He welcomed a prisoner swap Thursday in which 106 Ukrainian military personnel were handed over by the Russian side. They fought in the area of ​​the city of Bakhmut, which has now been almost completely destroyed, Zelensky said. Among them are eight officers. Many of the returned military had previously been reported missing. Moscow has been claiming to have captured Bakhmut since the weekend. Kyiv denies this.

Selenskyj did not provide any information on how many Russians were handed over in the exchange. The head of the Russian private army Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, previously published a video of a prisoner exchange. Russia has been waging a war of aggression in Ukraine for more than 15 months.

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