The Russian service members are currently in Belarus, receiving the necessary medical and psychological assistance, the Russian Defense Ministry added

The young Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus where they are being given the necessary psychological and medical assistance

The prisoners of war being exchanged are wounded or under 25 years old, President Zelensky says.

The two sides agreed during a recent meeting to swap soldiers aged 18 to 25, as well as seriously wounded or ill prisoners, and to return the bodies of fallen soldiers.

Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war on Monday (9 June), the first swap since the two nations engaged in a second round of…

The Russian servicemen are currently staying on the territory of Belarus where they are receiving required psychological and medical assistance

The servicemen were returned to Russia as part of an exchange agreement reached in Istanbul

Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky noted that on Thursday, Moscow and Kiev will begin urgent "sanitary exchanges" of heavily wounded prisoners of war

Russia receives 27 soldiers' bodies as the warring sides continue their large-scale prisoner swap deal.

The Russian service members are currently in Belarus, receiving the necessary medical and psychological assistance, the Russian Defense Ministry added

"Unfortunately, Ukraine is not ready to carry out swaps at such a pace," the statement reads