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Russia, Ukraine swap 193 POWs

By AFP
April 25, 2026
A woman holds pictures of missing Ukrainian soldiers as some of their comrades return from captivity after a prisoner of war (POW) swap, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, April 11, 2026. — Reuters
A woman holds pictures of missing Ukrainian soldiers as some of their comrades return from captivity after a prisoner of war (POW) swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, April 11, 2026. — Reuters

KYIV, Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine on Friday swapped 193 captured soldiers each, the second exchange this month in one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv.

The two countries have exchanged thousands of POWs throughout the four-year war -- with the swaps often the only result of otherwise stalled talks on ending the conflict.

“193 Ukrainian warriors are returning home as part of a prisoner exchange,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media.

“We remember each and every one and continue working every day to bring our people home from Russian captivity,” he added.