Ukraine secures fourth prisoner trade in previous week – photographs

Ukraine performed its fourth prisoner trade with Russia in every week on 14 June 2025, bringing again army personnel and officers from the Ministry of Inner Affairs.

Supply: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "We proceed bringing our folks residence from Russian captivity. That is already the fourth trade this week.

Most of the guys who returned to Ukraine right this moment had been held captive since 2022. They’re warriors of the Armed Forces, the Nationwide Guard, the State Border Guard Service and the State Transport Particular Service."

Particulars: The Coordination Headquarters for the Therapy of Prisoners of Battle offered particulars of the trade.

These launched embrace critically in poor health and wounded people, in addition to younger folks underneath 25. Most are officers.

The repatriated servicemen embrace members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – resembling Airborne Assault Troops, Navy and Territorial Defence Forces – alongside personnel from the State Border Guard Service, Nationwide Guard and State Particular Transport Service. They fought on the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy and Kursk fronts.

Background:

• On the negotiations in Istanbul on 2 June, Ukraine and Russia agreed on a 6,000-for-6,000 trade of our bodies of fallen troopers. The Ukrainian and Russian delegations additionally agreed on an all-for-all trade of critically wounded service members and people aged 18-25.
• On 9 June, the primary group of launched servicemen underneath the age of 25 returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity as a part of the primary stage of the 66th prisoner trade.
• On 10 June, Ukraine introduced again from Russian captivity a bunch of defenders who had suffered extreme accidents and have severe well being situations.
• On 11 June, the our bodies of 1,212 fallen defenders had been introduced again to Ukraine on account of repatriation efforts.
• The Coordination Headquarters emphasised that for safety causes, the precise variety of launched service members will likely be introduced upon completion of the trade course of.

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