Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war

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00:00Russia and Ukraine each swapped 175 prisoners of war on Wednesday.

00:07It's one of the largest exchanges since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

00:12three years ago.

00:13In a

00:37post on social media platform Ex-Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his

00:42gratitude to countries that helped facilitate the exchange, particularly the United Arab

00:48Emirates.

00:50On Wednesday, Russia released an additional 22 severely wounded captives in what they

00:55said was a goodwill gesture.

00:57Zelensky said they were returned through a different negotiation process beyond exchanges.

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