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Two deals saw hundreds, including Azovstal fighters and foreign nationals captured in the Donbas, released in exchange for 55 prisoners of war held by Ukraine.
Ukrainian military servicemen after the latest prisoner swap with Russian forces. According to Andriy Yermak, the Presidency's chief of staff, 64 Ukrainian servicemen and one US citizen, Suedi Murekezi, were turned over by Moscow.
Speaking to the G20 summit in Bali, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is "convinced now is the time when Russia's destructive war must, and can, be stopped". He also suggests that an "all for all" prisoner swap with Russia is the "only realistic model".
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Ukrainian and Russian-backed rebels swap hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn East of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago.