Five civilians returned in prisoner swap with Russia - Ukraine officials Ukraine's defence intelligence directorate has said five Ukrainian civilians have been returned in a prisoner swap with Russia. It did not say whether the exchanged Russians were combatants, Reuters news agency reports. Four of the five Ukrainian civilians had been taken prisoner during Russia's occupation of parts of the Kyiv region, which Russian forces withdrew from at the end of March, the directorate said. It also said the dead body of a Ukrainian civilian was recovered in the exchange.
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