Today, 140 Ukrainian servicemen returned from Russian captivity, presidential office head Andriy Yermak has said.
"In the New Year, we not only repel the enemy's missile attacks, but also bring our people home. This is another big exchange that we managed to carry out - 140 people are returning home. Among them are the wounded, as well as defenders of Mariupol, Snake Island, territorial defence volunteers from Slavutych, fathers and sons who were in captivity together, as well as our guys from the Bakhmut direction," Yermak reported.
According to him, among the recovered servicemen are 82 soldiers of the Armed Forces, 15 from the territorial defence, 22 from the National Guard, 11 from the Navy and 10 from the State Border Service. There are 132 men and eight women, 22 officers and 118 sergeants and soldiers.
