Published On Oct 17, 2022
Russia and Ukraine complete a large prisoner swap in what's believed to be the first all-female exchange between Kyiv and Moscow.
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'We managed to return 108 Ukrainian women', president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. '96 are servicemen, 37 of them are evacuees from Azovstal. 12 are civilians'. In response 110 Russians were freed, including 72 seamen from commercial vessels held since February.
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