On March 7, a large exchange of POWs took place. Ukraine managed to return 130 prisoners from Russian captivity.
Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, announced the news in his Telegram channel.
“Another prisoner exchange. We managed to bring home 130 of our people – 126 men and 4 women. These are soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard, Border Guard Service, and State Special Transport Service,” Yermak wrote on his social media.
Those released include 87 defenders of Mariupol, 71 of whom fought at Azovstal. It was also possible to return soldiers captured in the area of Bakhmut and Soledar – a total of 35 people from the Donetsk direction.
