Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of POWs released so far this year. … The Russian defence ministry said on Telegram that the United Arab Emirates had mediated the exchange and that the released Russian personnel were receiving ‘psychological and medical assistance.’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media that among the exchanged prisoners were ‘both military personnel and civilians,’ some of whom had been ‘held by the Russians since 2014, 2016, and 2017.'” (08/14/25)