Kiev: A total of 100 Ukrainian service members have returned home as part of a new prisoner swap with Russia, according to the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of POWs.
More than 80 troops who fought for Mariupol and the Azovstal steel mill were among those released, according to Xinhua news agency report on Thursday.
Besides, the soldiers who participated in the combat in the Donetsk and the Luhansk directions were released under the swap.
At least 28 of those freed suffer from serious illnesses or have severe injuries.
Ukraine and Russia have carried out 51 prisoner exchanges since March 2022.
A total of 3,135 Ukrainians taken captive in the Russia-Ukraine war have been released under those exchanges.
With inputs from IANS