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Ukraine brings home 205 service personnel from Russian captivity, Zelenskiy says

By Thomson Reuters May 15, 2026 | 2:58 AM

KYIV, May 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine has ​brought ‌home 205 service personnel from Russian ‌captivity ​in ⁠the first ⁠stage of a bigger prisoner of ​war swap, President ⁠Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskiy said ​on Friday.

Russia ​and Ukraine have ‌agreed to swap 1000 ⁠POWs each as part of a ⁠three-day ‌ceasefire, ⁠which was ​brokered ‌by U.S. ​President ⁠Donald Trump.

(Reporting by Olena Harmash;Editing by Alison ​Williams)