95 Ukrainian prisoners of war released from captivity

190 people have been released in a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.

Russia said Friday that it has swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on his Telegram channel, "95 of our people are back home.

The soldiers who defended Mariupol and Azovstal, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kherson regions".