In exchange and show of goodwill, Russia and Ukraine release over 100 prisoners on Orthodox Easter

• Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and returned home in a prisoner exchange.
• The exchange was the second large prisoner swap in the past week.
• The prisoners appear to have been held by Russia’s powerful Wagner Group of mercenaries.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s all-out war “cannot erase us” in an Easter video address.
• Easter is the most important celebration in the Orthodox calendar in both Russia and Ukraine.

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