AFP journalists at the scene of the swap saw dozens of exchanged Ukrainians pour off busses

AFP journalists at the scene of the swap saw dozens of exchanged Ukrainians pour off busses

 Roman PILIPEY

Russia and Ukraine on Friday swapped 193 captured soldiers each, the second exchange this month in one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv.

The two countries have exchanged thousands of POWs throughout the four-year war -- with the swaps often the only result of otherwise stalled talks on ending the conflict.

Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

Tags

Recommended for you