Moscow says Russia and Ukraine exchanged 146 prisoners for each | Russia-Ukraine, news war

The exchange comes amid diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict and the Ukrainian drone attack over Russia overnight.

Both Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 146 prisoners of war (prisoners of war) after mediation by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian Defense Ministry says about the latest in a series of stock exchanges that witnessed hundreds of prisoners that were issued this year.

The ministry said in a telegram on Sunday: “On August 24, 146 Russian soldiers were returned from the region that controls it.”

In contrast, 146 prisoners of the Ukrainian armed forces war were transferred to Ukraine.

The ministry said that the liberated Russians were in Belarus to receive psychological and medical care.

The massive exchanges of prisoners were the only concrete result of three rounds of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul From May to July.

They remain one of the few areas of cooperation between the two countries since then Russia’s war On her neighbor, he started in 2022.

Russia also said, “Eight citizens of the Russian Federation – the inhabitants of the Kursk region, were also legalized by illegal” by Kiev, as part of the exchange. Kursk sits on the border with Ukraine.

On Sunday, Russia also accused Ukraine carried out a drone attack during the night on a nuclear plant that caused a fire and caused an additional transformer.

The attack forced a 50 percent decrease in the operational capacity of the third reactor at the Corsak Nuclear Energy Station, 60 km (38 miles) from the Russian-Ukraine border, according to Russian officials, who added that many energy and energy facilities were directed at strikes.

The United States cancels permission

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said that Washington has canceled the deposit of strikes in Russia with the United States manufactured weapons, confirming a previous report in the American media.

He added that KYIV has recently used his weapons to strike his enemy and does not consult with this with Washington.

On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Zelinski criticized “deep insistence and circumstances, calling for an immediate meeting at any cost” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The developments came at a time when Ukraine celebrated its independence on Sunday, as it celebrated the 1991 independence permit from the Soviet Union.

The efforts made to settle the conflict were continuing because US President Donald Trump had talks in Alaska with Putin a week ago, but Trump has not yet been able to persuade Putin at a meeting with Zelinski.

Trump said on Friday that within two weeks, he should know whether the progress is possible in his attempt to end the war of Russia, Ukraine, as it once again raised the possibility of imposing sanctions on Moscow.