June 18, 2022 21:01
The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service said on Saturday that five Ukrainian civilians had returned in a prisoner exchange deal with Russia that also included the handover of five people to the Russian side.
The officials did not say whether these Russians were combatants.
The agency added that four of the five Ukrainian civilians had been captured in neighborhoods of the Kyiv region, from which Russian forces withdrew at the end of last March.
The Ukrainian military intelligence indicated that the body of a Ukrainian civilian was returned in this operation.
Source: Reuters
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