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Belgorod servicemen return in prisoner swap

Two Russian servicemen from the Belgorod region have been returned to Russia as part of the recent 193-for-193 prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

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Russia and Ukraine have completed a major prisoner exchange, with each side returning 193 captured servicemen. The swap was facilitated through humanitarian mediation efforts by the United Arab Emirates. In a regional update, the Belgorod region's human rights commissioner, Zhanna Kireeva, announced that two servicemen from the region were among those returned, though their names were not disclosed. Kireeva thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Ministry of Defense, intelligence services, and federal ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova for their roles in the return.
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