After 277 Ukrainian troops were released from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his satisfaction.
In a Saturday post on his X account, Zelensky expressed his gratitude to everyone, particularly the United Arab Emirates, for mediating the return of the servicemen.
As good news as it gets, our people are back home. Zelensky said on X, accompanied a video of the Ukrainian forces, that 277 more fighters had been freed from Russian custody.
The brave men and women serving in the Ukrainian military, national guard, border guards, and State Special Transport Service. They fought to protect Mariupol and other cities in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
It is because of everyone’s efforts that our people have been able to return. The United Arab Emirates has my deepest gratitude for mediating this matter.
We have successfully returned 4,452 individuals from Russian captivity since the full-scale war began. This number includes both soldiers and civilians.
We keep in our thoughts all those who are still held captive. Everyone who could have been there is being sought after. Their safe return is our first priority.
This comes at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled an end to “all military operations” in Ukraine as part of a “Easter truce,” according to the Naijatrial.
For more than three years, the two neighboring nations have been engaged in a brutal conflict that has claimed many lives.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has killed thousands of people, and European leaders and US President Trump are eager to see an end to the fighting.