Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of war prisoners
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service shows Ukrainian former prisoners of war reacting as they descend from a bus after their exchange, amid Russia's military invasion on Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on January 31, just a week after Moscow said Kyiv had shot down a plane carrying dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers. PHOTO | UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE | AFP
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Despite the tension, both sides made simultaneous announcements hailing the latest agreement on Wednesday to free more than 400 people captured during the course of the two-year war.
