While important developments continued to be experienced in the Russia-Ukraine war, a remarkable detail regarding the prisoner exchange was shared. Ukrainian Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak announced in his post on his Telegram account that a “famous” pitbull dog was returned to Ukraine as part of the prisoner exchange with the Russian side on December 31, 2022. Sharing the photo of the dog, Yermak said, “We are also bringing back Azovstal’s famous dog.” made statements.
THE DOG WAS DELIVERED TO KADYROV
The dog, which was taken from Azovstal by Russian soldiers in the early stages of the war, was delivered to the President of the Chechen Republic of Russia, Ramazan Kadyrov.
As part of the prisoner exchange, 140 Ukrainian and 82 Russian soldiers were released.
1596 UKRAINE RETURNED FROM RUSSIA IN 2022
On the other hand, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine announced that 1596 Ukrainians were released in 2022 thanks to the prisoner exchange with Russia.
In the written statement made by the Ministry, the numbers regarding the prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine in 2022 were shared.
In the statement, which recorded that 1592 Ukrainian citizens were released as a result of the prisoner exchanges with the Russian side last year, “1596 people were returned from enemy captivity in 2022. 1464 soldiers and 132 civilians were released from Russian captivity.” expressions were used.
In the statement, it was stated that social and health support was provided by the state to the people who were released from captivity. (AA)