Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of POWs

Moscow says that 65 Ukrainian POWs being carried to a scheduled exchange were killed and that the plane was shot down by Kyiv’s forces.Kyiv has not outright denied Moscow’s version of events but questioned whether captured Ukrainian soldiers were actually on board, and called for Moscow to publish photos of their bodies or provide other evidence to back up its claims.The incident had thrown doubt on the future of prisoner exchanges between the two sides.Ukraine said Wednesday’s exchange was the 50th swap between the two sides since Russia invaded in February 2022.



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