Among the returned Russian prisoners were seven civilians from the Kursk region.

Today, another prisoner of war exchange took place between Russia and Ukraine. It was conducted under the "175 for 175" formula.

This was reported in the press service of the Russian defense department.

Thus, the Russian side returned 175 of its citizens, and the Ukrainian side returned the same number of its citizens. The exchange took place in Belarus, with representatives of the United Arab Emirates acting as intermediaries. The released Russian citizens are currently in Belarus, where they are receiving medical and psychological assistance.

Among them were not only Russian Armed Forces service members. Among the released Russian prisoners were also seven civilians from the Kursk region. Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova met with them at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. She stated that they were the last residents of the Kursk region held on Ukrainian territory. The Russian ombudsman's Ukrainian counterpart, Dmitry Lubinets, also arrived at the meeting point.

Today's prisoner exchange is timed to coincide with Easter and the Easter truce declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy also promised to observe. The Russian leader declared the ceasefire unilaterally and without preconditions.

The previous prisoner exchange took place just over a month ago. On March 5, it was a 200-for-200 exchange, and the following day, each side exchanged another 300 of their citizens.

Comments

[panzerfaust]

I'm amazed at where so many of our prisoners come from. How stupid do you have to be to manage to get captured? 🤔 After all, they're mostly young guys, completely inexperienced.

[carpenter]

Quote: panzerfaust

I wonder where so many of our prisoners come from? What kind of stupid head do you have to have to manage to get captured? 🤔

I don't know, but I was captured twice in Africa too. I can't say anything about my head, but I survived.

[Mazunga]

маскати бру не в Анголе чай чалился?

[dementor873]

I thought I'd seen enough stupid people, but apparently not.

[WILL]

Quote: panzerfaust

What kind of stupid head do you have to have to manage to get captured 🤔?

Are you even familiar with the specifics of the military operations taking place there, if you're writing such nonsense? Definitely not.
Let me explain for those with a different perspective: those captured are 90% to blame. The command's stupidity in assigning combat missions without understanding the situation at the LCS, coupled with the lack of not just normal, but sometimes any communication at all, the lack of normal interaction between units, poor reconnaissance, the incompetence of those responsible for responding to changing situations at the LCS… and there you have it. The choice between death and captivity depends on the soldier; each one makes that choice for themselves.
Address your questions about the number of prisoners to the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense, for whom it is easier to organize another parade than to conduct normal military operations.

[The Little Humpbacked Horse]

Quote: panzerfaust

I wonder where so many of our prisoners come from, what kind of stupid head do you have to have to manage to get captured?

Our heroes are mostly in films, and they hang around here on the site, but in life, no one wants to die. If the choice is captivity or death, then obviously anyone will choose the former, and in films, everything is not so clear-cut
Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy did not serve in the Armed Forces. Despite creating iconic military characters (such as Ivan Varavva in the film "Officers") and his patriotic stance, the actor did not serve, although no official reasons for this are provided in open sources.

[Reptiloid]

Quote: panzerfaust

I'm amazed at where so many of our prisoners come from. How stupid do you have to be to manage to get captured? 🤔 After all, they're mostly young guys, completely inexperienced.

What young guys? There's an old woman on a walker and a little old man from Kursk. You don't know about the abuse and torture of the Ukropiteks. Or about the wounded.

[fruc]

Reptiloid
There's an old lady on a walker and an old man! From Kursk.

Although they were old men, Zelya received young and healthy functionaries in exchange for them, who would be brought to their senses and thrown back to the front.

[Vitaly_pvo]

Quote: panzerfaust

so many of our prisoners

This should be asked of the "smart guys" who sent conscripts to the border between the Kursk region and Ukraine, and with the cover of the "heroic" "Chechnya Akhmat" regiment, no less. If it's civilians like the governor and his deputies, who were convicted of theft during the construction of fortified areas, then punishing the command staff for incompetent management, deaths, and captivity is not our custom. Otherwise, half the officers and generals would have to be imprisoned, and the other half kicked out of the army.

[Alexey Lantukh]

Actually, when I hear from soldiers about defending strongholds or basements in Kupyansk while surrounded and without supplies, I don't see anything strange about being captured. Well, maybe if they commit hara-kiri.

[carpenter]

Today's prisoner exchange is timed to coincide with Easter and the Easter truce declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy also promised to observe.

And since when did they all become Orthodox (Russian prisoners - yes, and the rest?)

[alexboguslavski]

Ukraine has not recovered its prisoners since 2022.

The Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters "proudly" announced that almost all of the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel exchanged today had been held in captivity since 2022.

Essentially, Kyiv officials have confirmed what they've long denied. Kyiv first rounds up the most "privileged" militants and members of the national battalions, while ordinary Ukrainians are included in the exchange lists as a last resort.

[Reptiloid]

Those in captivity eat and receive medical treatment at Russia's expense. And they don't even get paid! The Ukrainians are saving.

[duschman80-81]

I don’t understand where the fashion of wrapping oneself in the Russian flag came from, why?

[alexboguslavski]

Quote: duschman80-81

I don’t understand where the fashion of wrapping oneself in the Russian flag came from, why?

It all started with the xoxls.

And the flag of the Russian state turned into a bath towel.

P.S. I grew up and grew up under red flags, but if there's a tricolor now, there's no need to turn it into something incomprehensible.

Unfortunately, there is an addition to the law.

The use of the State Flag of the Russian Federation, including its image, by citizens, public associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations in other cases is permitted, if such use does not constitute desecration of the State Flag of the Russian Federation.

(Supplement with an article - Federal Constitutional Law of 08.11.2008 No. 4-FKZ)

[olboop]

I don’t understand where the fashion of wrapping oneself in the Russian flag came from, why?

Well, something like the Motherland hugs them.
And in history lessons we were told that in Ancient Greece, women sent their men off to war with the words "With a shield or on a shield."

[commbatant]

Quote: olbop

And in history lessons we were told that in Ancient Greece, women sent their men off to war with the words "With a shield or on a shield."

In the US, there is a tradition of tying yellow ribbons to the branches of a tree near the home of someone who is at war. It's an imperialist tradition, but it's still beautiful.

[alexputnik17]

Great news!
And the Nazis, they're Nazis even in 404. Grandpa is 91 years old, where did the villagers take him?
I wanted to ask: do you have a conscience? I don't feel like doing anything... Thanks to the guys who are burying this Nazi dandruff all over the expanses of the original Russian land. And a deep bow!

[commbatant]

It's hard to imagine what it was like for civilians in captivity. If I were Putin, I would have brought them to the Kremlin and begged for forgiveness on my knees, along with the Ministry of Defense and the director of the FSB, for how fascist crosses ended up in Kursk again in the 21st century.