Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Ihor Klymenko

Today, January 31, 207 Ukrainian soldiers were returned from Russian captivity. 83 of them are National Guardsmen, border guards and policemen.

This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

«We remember each and every prisoner. Soldiers and civilians. We have to return everyone. We are working on it. Now is another great work of the Ukrainian team. Budanov, Yermak, Usov, Maliuk, Klymenko — well done,» wrote Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko noted that the soldiers will receive all the necessary assistance.

«We will take care of their medical, psychological and social support. We continue to work on the following exchanges. We remember each and every one,» he wrote.

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine returned 207 military personnel from Russian captivity. The photo was published by Ihor Klymenko

It will be recalled that Ukraine returned 230 of its military and civilian citizens from Russian captivity. Of them, 130 are military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 55 are members of the National Guard, 38 are border guards, one is a police officer, and six are civilians. 48 exchanged had the status of «disappeared».

Also, on January 3, the first exchange of prisoners of war in 2024 took place. Two servicemen of the 36th separate brigade of marines named after Rear-Admiral Mykhailo Bilinskyi, based in Mykolaiv, were released from Russian prisons.

It was previously reported that as a result of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, 4,337 people were captured by Russia, including 3,574 military personnel and 763 civilians.