144 Ukrainian soldiers were released in exchange of prisoners of war

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In exchange, 95 soldiers who defended the Mariupol steel plant were also released. Most of the Ukrainians were seriously injured, suffering from gunshot and shrapnel injuries, blast injuries, burns, broken bones and amputated limbs.

of Russia the party has not commented on the exchange so far.

Hundreds more Ukrainians are still being held captive by Russia and its pro-Moscow separatists Ukrainian in the east, but their exact location is unknown.

Russian invasion of Ukraine with rocket fire, airstrikes and the arrival of ground forces began in the early morning of February 24. In general, the war in Ukraine has been going on since 2014, when Russia occupied the Crimean peninsula and started a war in eastern Ukraine.

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