Russia, Ukraine exchange 84 prisoners each on the eve of Trump-Putin summit

14/08/2025 16:10 France 24

Russia and Ukraine swapped 84 prisoners each on Thursday, a day before President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump meet in Alaska for a high-level summit. Kyiv said the freed Ukrainians included long-held captives and "defenders of Mariupol" – a Ukrainian port city that fell to Russian forces in 2022 after a nearly three-month siege.

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