Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s group includes 183 enlisted personnel and sergeants and two officers from the Armed Forces, National Guard and State Border Guard Service.
• Zelensky added that Ukraine has brought home more than 7,000 people since the full-scale invasion, describing a continuing repatriation effort.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said twenty civilians also returned to Russia and are currently in Belarus receiving psychological and medical assistance.
• The Russian side reported that the returned personnel and civilians will be transported to Russia for treatment and rehabilitation.
• The swap follows an end‑August exchange in which 146 prisoners were returned to each side, underscoring the regularity of these transfers.