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Thanks to the efforts of the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the long-awaited exchange of prisoners took place for the first time since February this year, on the instructions of the President of Ukraine.

➡️Today, 75 defenders, as well as civilian Ukrainian women, are returning to their families. Among the liberated defenders are 70 men and five women, six officers and 65 representatives of private and non-commissioned officers. At least a third of those rescued have injuries, serious illnesses or disabilities.

This time, 37 representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were released from captivity, including 13 soldiers of the Naval Forces and two representatives of the Air Force. Also, 21 national guardsmen were released from captivity. Seven Border Guardsmen, six Teroboronmen and four Ukrainian civilian women are returning home.

☝️ 19 Defenders of Zmiiny Island, 14 military personnel who guarded the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, as well as ten Defenders of Mariupol managed to return to their native land. Ukrainians captured in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Sumy directions are returning home.

Today's exchange is the 52nd since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. As of now, 3,210 Defenders of Ukraine have been freed from the captivity of the occupiers. We express special thanks to the United Arab Emirates for their active participation in the implementation of this exchange.
Many Ukrainian Defense Forces and Ukrainian civilians are still in enemy captivity. Despite all the difficulties and opposition of the aggressor state, the Coordination Headquarters does not stop making efforts so that all our people return home as soon as possible.

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