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Coverage dated September 21, 2022

Ukraine's Mariupol steel plant defenders, Putin ally exchanged in prisoner swap

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Zelenskyy said 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens were freed as part of the deal, with the help of Turkish and Saudi mediation efforts.

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  1. Fox5 Atlanta

    Ukraine's Mariupol steel plant defenders, Putin ally exchanged in prisoner swap (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Zelenskyy said 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens were freed as part of the deal, with the help of Turkish and Saudi mediation efforts.

  2. Washington Times

    Ukraine’s Mariupol defenders, Putin ally in prisoner swap (opens Washington Times)

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    Ukraine announced a high-profile prisoner swap early Thursday that was the culmination of months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in Mariupol during a long Russian siege.

  3. Insider

    Ukraine says it has completed a massive prisoner swap with Russia where key Putin ally Viktor Medvedchuk was sent to Russia and 215 Ukrainians returned home (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The prisoner swap includes 100 fighters from the controversial hard right-wing Azov Regiment, who will be sent back to Ukraine.

  4. Newsweek

    Fact Check: Did Russia swap 200 Azov fighters for 'Putin's man' in Ukraine? (opens Newsweek)

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    Pro-Moscow commentators expressed outrage at the "betrayal" they saw in a mass prisoner swap that saw dozens of Mariupol defenders returned to Kyiv.

  5. Washington Post

    Steel plant defenders, Putin ally exchanged in prisoner swap (opens Washington Post)

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    Ukraine has completed a high-profile prisoner swap that culminated months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in the port of Mariupol during a months-long Russian siege

  6. NBC News

    Ukrainian steel plant defenders, Putin ally exchanged in prisoner swap (opens NBC News)

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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens had been freed as part of the deal.

  7. The Times of Israel

    Russia frees 215 Mariupol defenders in swap for Putin oligarch ally and 54 others (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Kyiv says it secured freedom for hundreds who fought at Azovstal in exchange for Ukrainian pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk; deal mediated by Saudi Arabia, Turkey

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