UAE assists in bringing Ukrainian POWs back home – Budanov

The relevant statement was made by Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Kyrylo Budanov as 230 defenders returned to Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“The prisoner exchange had been prepared for a rather long time. The United Arab Emirates provided assistance in arranging the exchange procedure. With its help, we were able to do it together,” Budanov td.

After a considerable period of time, Ukraine managed to bring its defenders from Russian captivity back home. Budanov mentioned that these are different categories of pele: the defenders of Mariup, Snake [Zmiinyi] Island and Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), military medics, border guard and pice officers, members of the National Guard of Ukraine.