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The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer

Ukraine and Russia exchange 800 PoWs in largest prisoner swap of war so far

Men in combat fatigues with shaved heads have Ukraine flags draped over their shoulders and give thumbs ups to the camera
Ukrainian PoWs have been swapped with their Russian counterparts at an undisclosed location near the border with Belarus. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

Ukraine and Russia have begun the largest prisoner exchange of the three-year war, with almost 800 captives returned on both sides in a process expected to last several days.

Confirming the first phase of the exchange had taken place, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine had returned 390 people to Russia and that the process would continue with further groups on Saturday and Sunday.

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