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Captured Pyongyang soldiers in Ukraine won't defect to South Korea

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested returning the soldiers to North Korea in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners held by Russia.

13/01/2025

Ukraine

Ukraine says it captured two North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia

The two captured soldiers were fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk border region, Ukraine's president said on Saturday.

11/01/2025

Europe News

Russia and Ukraine exchange over 100 prisoners of war

Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion.

24/08/2024

Ukraine

Ten Ukrainian POWs return home after being held for years by Russia

The ten Ukrainian prisoners, two of them monks, were reunited with their families at Kyiv's international airport.

29/06/2024

Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war

The swap comes as tempers flare between the warring nations and Russia steps up its assault on its neighbour.

03/01/2024

Gaza

Hamas says 20 hostages handed over to ICRC

Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis and seven foreigners in exchange for 39 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, Qatari and Egyptian mediators said.

25/11/2023

Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine send more than 200 troops home in prisoner swap

Such exchanges represent one of the few areas of cooperation between Ukraine and Russia. The two sides have returned hundreds of each other’s soldiers, as well as the bodies of fallen troops, since the war began.

10/04/2023

World News

UN: 40 prisoners of war executions on both sides of Ukraine conflict

The UN is investigating 40 extrajudicial executions on both sides of Ukraine conflict after video footage of a Ukrainian soldier in March.

24/03/2023

World News

Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

The United Arab Emirates helped negotiate a prisoner swap on Saturday which saw dozens of troops from either side return home. Some 'special category' detainees were also exchanged.

04/02/2023

Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine exchange 50 soldiers in latest prisoner swap

Those released on Thursday include soldiers who defended the Azovstal steel plant, Ukraine said.

01/12/2022

Europe News

Russian forces are 'inhumane' and use torture, Mariupol survivor says

Ukrainian military medic Yulia "Taira" Paievska was captured by Russian forces during the siege of the key port city. She talked to Euronews in Brussels about her experience.

10/11/2022

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Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner swap on Monday, including 72 seamen and 108 Ukrainian women.

18/10/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Ten key developments to know about from the weekend

These are the latest developments in the Ukraine war you need to know about from the weekend.

14/10/2022

Ukraine

Azovstal fighters and foreign prisoners freed in high-profile deals

Two deals saw hundreds, including Azovstal fighters and foreign nationals captured in the Donbas, released in exchange for 55 prisoners of war held by Ukraine.

21/09/2022

Ukraine

Zelenskyy condemns 'deliberate Russian war crime' after POW bombing

Friday's attack on a barracks housing Ukrainian prisoners of war left at least 50 people dead - while Russia's Embassy in London gets a Twitter warning for 'executions' call.

30/07/2022

Ukraine

Kyiv and Moscow point fingers over deadly prison bombing

The Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling.

29/07/2022

Ukraine

UK holds Russia responsible for death of captured British aid worker

Paul Urey was detained by Russian troops while on a humanitarian aid mission in east Ukraine in April.

15/07/2022

Ukraine

What happened to the Mariupol defenders taken captive by Russia?

With no news from the Azov fighters, their families are campaigning to bring the fate of the combatants into the spotlight.

24/06/2022

Ukraine

Concern for medic who filmed Mariupol horror, captured by Russians

Yuliia Paievska, or 'Taira', helped wounded soldiers and civilians from both sides and is one of hundreds of prominent Ukrainians kidnapped or captured by Russia.

20/05/2022