President Vladimir Zelensky said that today the second stage of the exchange of prisoners took place, the agreement of which was reached in Turkish Istanbul on June 2. He emphasized that the wounded Ukrainian defenders were returned from captivity.

" All of them need immediate medical care. This is an important humanitarian act, ”the president said.

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Zelensky said that already in Ukraine there are military from various components of defense forces: the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the State Special Transport Service.

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The number of returned military is not disclosed. Yesterday, the wounded and seriously wounded military, as well as the younger 25 years were returned from Russian captivity. It was reported that the exchange will take place in several stages, and the number of freed defenders will be published after the completion of the exchange process.

At first, the exchange was scheduled for June 7-8 in two stages, but on Saturday Russia accused Ukraine of allegedly disrupting the agreement. The coordination headquarters on the issues of prisoners of war indicated that such statements of the Russian side are not true. The coordination noted that Ukraine transferred lists for the exchange of seriously wounded, sick and young prisoners up to 25 years, but Russia has transferred other lists that do not comply with the agreed agreement in Istanbul.