In this handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry, Russian prisoners of war released from Ukrainian captivity sit in a bus, amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in the exchange area on the border with Ukraine in Belarus. Russia and Ukraine have each exchanged 157 prisoners of war (POWs) after mediation by the United Arab Emirates and the United States, the Russian Defence Ministry said on February 5. Ukraine also returned to Russia three residents of the Kursk Region.
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- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Gomel, Belarus
- Event date: 05.02.2026
- Date published: 05.02.2026
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Defence Ministry
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1800x1219px, 926.7Kb
- Job-ID: 9c16e71a4bfd65f9