Coverage dated October 16, 2022 to October 17, 2022
Russian and Ukraine Swap Female Prisoners of War
Headline from The National Interest
Thirty-seven of the women released on the Ukrainian side had been captured by the Russian military after the fall of the Azovstal steel complex during the final days of the siege of Mariupol.
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Over 200 prisoners were involved in what Ukraine said was the first swap to consist of all females. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on his troops to take more Russian prisoners.
Ukraine and Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region agreed to a prisoner swap on Monday that resulted in the release of more than 200 people who had been detained by the opposing force.
Thirty-seven of the women released on the Ukrainian side had been captured by the Russian military after the fall of the Azovstal steel complex during the final days of the siege of Mariupol.
Ukraine announced Monday it had swapped more than 100 prisoners with Russia in what it said was the first all-female exchange with Moscow after nearly eight months of war.
