Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, part of an agreement linked to a three-day ceasefire earlier this month brokered by US President Donald Trump. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was the first step ​in a bigger ‌prisoner of war swap, after Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to swap 1,000 ⁠POWs each under the terms of the agreement.

Most of the Ukrainian soldiers who were freed have been in Russian captivity since 2022.

KYIV/MOSCOW, May 15 - Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, part of an agreement linked to a three-day ceasefire earlier this month brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KYIV: Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war each on Friday (May 15), Moscow and Kyiv said, a week after US President Donald Trump announced a large swap would take place between the warring sides.The Russian defence ministry said in a statement on social media that "205 Russian servicemen were ret