On Saturday, October 29, Ukraine and Russia held another exchange of prisoners of war. 52 Ukrainian soldiers returned home. This was announced by the head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak in Telegram.
According to him, Ukraine freed 12 soldiers of the National Guard, including two "Azov" soldiers, 18 Navy servicemen, 8 border guards, 9 Teroboronmen, 3 soldiers of the Armed Forces and 2 civilians from enemy captivity.
"Defenders of Azovstal, defenders of Mariupol and people who saved lives are returning home. We managed to exchange the chief of the surgical department of the Mariupol military hospital, who was on Azovstal, and a young military surgeon of the 65th military mobile hospital. We are returning a marine, recently came out of captivity, and a volunteer from Mariupol with the symbolic surname "Moscow", as well as sailors from Zmiiny Island," detailed the head of the OP.
He also added that military personnel captured in the Chernobyl zone are returning home.
