Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war, according to officials on Friday.
"Today, 160 service members were released from captivity," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media platform X.
He said they had been held captive since 2022 and included not only regular soldiers but also members of the National Guard and border guards.
Earlier, Russian news agency TASS had reported the return of 160 Russian prisoners of war, citing the Defence Ministry.
The Russian soldiers are currently in Belarus and will be taken to Russia after receiving medical treatment, according to the report.
The exchange was mediated by the United Arab Emirates, according to TASS.
According to Ukraine, Moscow and Kiev have so far exchanged prisoners of war 76 times. Most recently, 185 prisoners from each side returned in early June.
It is the only area over which the two parties to the conflict are in dialogue, more than four years after the start of the war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
