(Reuters) -Ukraine introduced residence a brand new group of prisoners of warfare from Russia on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned, saying it dropped at greater than 1,000 the variety of returning troopers as agreed at talks in Turkey.
Zelenskiy, writing on the Telegram messaging app, mentioned these returning had been in poor health or severely wounded.
“The servicemen who’re returning at present defended Ukraine in numerous sectors of the entrance,” Zelenskiy wrote. “A major quantity spent greater than three years as prisoners. All are receiving key help and medical help.”
(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Enhancing by Leslie Adler)