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Reuters
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Russia and Ukraine exchange 205 prisoners of war each
May 6 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each in an exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates, both sides said on Tuesday. "Today, Ukraine has brought back 205 warriors," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram app, thanking the UAE for their help. Russia's human rights ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova thanked Russia's defence ministry and other agencies involved. "For many families, today has become a celebration of reunification - anxiety and uncertainty have given way to the joy of a loved one returning home," she said. Ukraine's prisoners of war affairs organisation said the returned prisoners consisted of 202 enlisted men and three officers from various parts of the military and national guard. It said today's swap was the fifth this year and the 64th of the entire war, which has run for more than 38 months.
Al Arabiya
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Ukraine returns 33 civilians from Russia's Kursk border region: Moscow
Ukraine has returned to Russia a handful of civilians displaced from the western Kursk region after Kyiv's shock cross-border offensive into Russian territory, Moscow officials said Monday. Hundreds of Russians have been stuck in Ukrainian-seized territory following the offensive, launched in August, triggering concern and some anger at the authorities among their relatives. Moscow said last week that it had struck a deal with Kyiv to secure the return of some civilians who had crossed into Ukraine's neighbouring Sumy region since the offensive was launched. 'With the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross and mediation by Belarus, 33 residents of the Kursk region have been evacuated to Russia from Ukraine,' Russia's human rights ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova said on Telegram. 'Most are elderly, but there are also four children. Many have severe injuries and illnesses,' she said. Moskalkova posted a video showing her greeting elderly women -- one being carried on a stretcher -- at the Novaya Guta border post in Belarus after their return. Pat Griffiths, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based in Ukraine, told AFP the group had been taken to the Ukrainian city of Sumy last month. Russia's governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said their return was the result of many months of 'difficult negotiations.' The youngest of those returned was a one-year-old girl, he posted on Telegram. Ukraine has also been seeking the return of civilians caught in Russian-occupied parts of the country since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive in February 2022. These include around 20,000 children that Ukraine says have been forcibly 'deported' to Russia. Kyiv separately announced Monday the return of seven children from areas of Ukraine seized by Russia's army in a deal mediated by Qatar. Russia has been gradually clawing back territory in Kursk since Ukraine's army launched the attack in August -- the first time a foreign army has seized Russian land since World War II. Kyiv, which sees its hold of part of the Kursk region as a key bargaining chip in possible ceasefire talks with Moscow, conceded last month that it had lost around two-thirds of the ground it had initially captured.
Al-Ahram Weekly
03-03-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Ukraine returns 33 civilians from Russia's Kursk border region: Moscow - War in Ukraine
Ukraine has returned to Russia a handful of civilians displaced from the western Kursk region amid Kyiv's shock cross-border offensive into Russian territory, Moscow officials said Monday. Hundreds of Russians have been stuck in Ukrainian-seized territory following the offensive, launched in August, triggering concern and some anger at the authorities among their relatives. Moscow said last week it had struck a deal with Kyiv to secure the return of some civilians who had crossed into Ukraine's neighbouring Sumy region since the offensive was launched. "With the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross and mediation by Belarus, 33 residents of the Kursk region have been evacuated to Russia from Ukraine," Russia's human rights ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova said on Telegram. "Most are elderly, but there are also four children. Many have severe injuries and illnesses," she added. Moskalkova posted a video showing her greeting elderly women -- one being carried on a stretcher -- at the Novaya Guta border post in Belarus after their return. Pat Griffiths, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based in Ukraine, told AFP the group had been taken to the Ukrainian city of Sumy last month. Russia's governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said their return was the result of many months of "difficult negotiations". The youngest of those returned was a one-year-old girl, he said in a post on Telegram. Ukraine has also been seeking the return of civilians caught in Russian-occupied parts of the country since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive in February 2022. These include some 20,000 children that Ukraine says have been forcibly "deported" to Russia. Russia has been gradually clawing back territory in the Kursk region since Ukraine's army launched the attack in August -- the first time a foreign army has seized Russian land since World War II. Kyiv, which sees its hold of part of the Kursk region as a key bargaining chip in possible ceasefire talks with Moscow, conceded last month it had lost around two-thirds of the ground it had initially captured there. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Jordan Times
24-02-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
Russia says 'agreement' reached with Ukraine on evacuating Kursk residents
Local residents attend a memorial ceremony under a destroyed bridge in Irpin, northwest of Kyiv today (AFP photo) MOSCOW — Moscow has struck a deal with Kyiv and the Red Cross to evacuate residents from the embattled Kursk region, parts of which have been seized by Ukraine, Russia's rights commissioner said Monday. Kyiv launched a surprise cross-border assault on the Russian region more than six months ago, capturing dozens of villages and trapping many Russian civilians on the opposite side of the front of those residents have now crossed into Ukraine's neighbouring Sumy region and are awaiting evacuation via Belarus, Russian rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said."There are people who are already in Sumy today. And there is an agreement with the Red Cross and the Ukrainian side that they will be evacuated through Belarus to Russia," Moskalkova said, according to Russia's RIA news did not say how many Kursk residents would be evacuated under the official missing persons list compiled by Russian authorities initially recorded only around 500 people unaccounted for in the Ukrainian-occupied zone, but local residents say the number is close to 3,000. Ukraine says thousands of its own civilians are being held in areas seized and occupied by Moscow since its assault began on February 24, 2022, and that it is providing safe passage to Russians in the Kursk region.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian human rights commissioner says Ukrainian soldiers shared food with residents of Kursk Oblast
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has said that Ukraine should not be seen only as an "evil empire" and described how Ukrainian soldiers shared food with residents of Russia's Kursk Oblast. Source: Russian media citing a speech by Moskalkova in the State Duma on 30 January; Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza Details: Moskalkova said she had spoken to residents of Kursk Oblast who had allegedly been taken to Ukraine and then returned to Russia. They told her "various things", she said. In particular, they apparently said that Ukrainian soldiers had "brought them their own food and shared whatever food they had". Moskalkova also said that Russians should not "dehumanise" Ukrainian soldiers and see them "only as an evil empire", because "they vary".Background: Fighting in Russia's Kursk Oblast began on the morning of 6 August 2024 when the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border near the city of Sudzha. Ukrainian troops began advancing deep into Russian territory and gained control of several hundred square kilometres within a few days. On 12 August, the Ukrainian government confirmed for the first time that the Armed Forces were involved in the offensive, and on 14 August they reported that Ukrainian troops had formed a buffer zone in self-defence. At the end of August, Ukrainian troops controlled about 1,100 sq km of Kursk Oblast; by the end of 2024, the territory had shrunk to about 460 sq km as a result of the Russian counteroffensive. Support UP or become our patron!
