Verbatim: ” Today, by order of President Zelensky, the first full-fledged exchange of prisoners of war took place. In exchange for 10 captured occupants, we got out 10 of our servicemen. Also, today we sent to Russia 11 civilian Russian sailors, whom we had rescued from the sunken ship near Odesa. As a result of this exchange, 19 Ukrainian civilian sailors from the rescue ship “Sapfir”, who were captured by the occupants during an attempt to take our troops from Zmiinyi Island, are returning home”.
Details: In addition, the Minister added that the rescue ship “Sapfir” will also be returned to Ukraine and delivered to a Turkish port.
Source: Ukrayinska Pravda