On Monday, October 17, the next exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia passed, said in his telegram the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andrei Ermak in his telegram.
“We managed to conduct another large -scale exchange of prisoners today. Especially emotional and really special – we freed 108 women from captivity. It was the first completely female exchange, he admitted.” It was a nervous exchange, “he said.
Ermak said that 37 defenders of Azovstali returned from Russian captivity.
He added that among the released were girls who were captured even before a large -scale invasion.