The US and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday in a multinational deal that set 24 people free. Sky's Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett explains.
Russia agrees to prisoner swap with US to free Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested on espionage charges in Russia, and former US Marine Paul Whelan. Read more
Russia and Ukraine both announced Saturday that more than 200 people were freed in a prisoner swap between the two countries. Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyreleased a statementand video to announce that 82 privates and sergeants, along with 21 officers, were returned from Russian captivity. It...
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Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan after their release from Russia in a prisoner swap on Aug. 1, 2024. U.S. Government Photo Among the prisoner releases in recent years, Whelan was the first to be detained in Russia in 2018. He was convicted on espionage charges, that ...
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As a result of the swap, 41 Ukrainian prisoners of war, including 13 civilians, returned home following their release by Russian forces, Vereshchuk wrote on Telegram. Ukraine and Russia conducted their first prisoner exchange on March 24. Since then, more than 300 Ukrainians have been released...
The prisoner swap took place in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, Tymoshenko said, without giving the number of captives released by Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia held their latest round of face-to-face peace talks in Turkey's Istanbul on Tuesday. ...
A U.S.-Russia prisoner swap is currently underway, according to a senior Biden administration official. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez has the latest from the White House. NBC News senior executive editor for national security David Rohde and former U.S. Ambas
KIEV, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday conducted their fifth prisoner exchange since the start of the conflict, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. As a result of the swap, 76 Ukrainian prisoners-of-war, including 16 civilians, returned home following their...