In a statement made by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, it was reported that Russian soldiers released from Ukrainian captivity will be sent to Moscow for rehabilitation and treatment. telegraph channel.
The ministry said that as a result of negotiations with the Ukrainian side on February 16, 101 Russian soldiers were extradited to Russia. They will be treated in health institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Defense.
The ministry said that all those who were released were provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance.
This is the third consecutive exchange of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers. First took place January 8 – then 50 Russian warriors returned to their homeland.
Next change process passed February 4th. Russia 63 soldiers returned home. 116 people and many dead bodies, including “foreign volunteers”, were transported to Ukraine. As the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Andrei Yermak reported at the time, Kiev returned the bodies of the dead “volunteers” – Christopher Matthew Perry and Andrew Tobias Matthew Begshaw.