India, May 15 -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war, with both sides handing over 205 detainees each. According to Russia's RIA state news agency, the prisoner swap was carried out on Friday. Reports cited the Russian Defence Ministry, which said that the returned Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus, where they are receiving psychological and medical assistance.

"All Russian servicemen will be transported to the Russian Federation for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Defence Ministry," the ministry said.

On May 9, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed that both sides were actively working on compiling a list of prisoners of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a...