On Ukrainian Infantry Day, 205 Ukrainian defenders returned from Russian captivity. This is the fifth exchange in 2025 and the 64th since the start of the full-scale war.
According to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, among those released are three officers and 202 soldiers and sergeants.
Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Navy, Air Force, Air Assault Forces, Territorial Defence Forces, as well as the National Guard and State Border Service, are returning home.
Those released defended Ukraine on various fronts — in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kherson, Sumy and Kyiv regions. Among them are also soldiers who defended Mariupol.
In total, 4,757 Ukrainians have been released since March 2022 as part of exchanges.
