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Second Group of Russian POWs Returned from Ukraine: Ministry of Defense

© Sputnik . Vitaliy BelousovThe Russian Ministry of Defense main building is pictured in central Moscow, Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense main building is pictured in central Moscow, Russia. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 10.06.2025
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The second group of Russian prisoners of war has been returned from Ukraine as part of agreements reached on June 2 in Istanbul, the Russian MoD reported.
In exchange, a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war was handed over.
The agreement on the largest prisoner exchage between Russia and Ukraine was reached during talks in Istanbul on June, 2.
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