Ukraine returns 300 soldiers in second day of POW swaps with Russia, Zelenskiy says

L’Ucraina restituisce 300 soldati nel secondo giorno di scambio di prigionieri di guerra con la Russia, dice Zelenskiy


A woman embraces a freed Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW) while he leaves an ambulance van after a swap, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, in Ukraine March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (Reuters)

KYIV, March 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine brought home 300 servicemen and two civilians from Russia on the second day of a prisoner swap, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Zelenskiy said that privates, sergeants, and officers were defending Ukraine at different front areas from Donetsk and Luhansk in the east to Kherson in the south. Zelenskiy posted pictures of men exiting buses, hugging and sharing cigarettes.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, Olena Harmash; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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