Go to mediabankRussian military serviceman during a special military operation in Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 17As a result of negotiations, 110 Russians were returned from the territory controlled by Kyiv, the Ministry of Defense reported. 
The ICRC refused to talk about the conditions of detention of Russian prisoners of war. 108 female servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were handed over to the Ukrainian side. «Two Ukrainian women voluntarily refused to return to Ukraine before the exchange, wishing to remain in the Russian Federation,» the ministry said. human rights in Russia by Tatyana Moskalkova. Aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces will deliver the released Russians to Moscow. “All those released are provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance. As soon as possible, they will be taken to the medical institutions of the capital for treatment and rehabilitation,” the military department said. The last large-scale exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine took place at the end of September. 56 people were returned from the territories controlled by Kyiv: 50 Russian servicemen and five fighters from Donbass. Also handed over to the allied forces was the Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who himself actively participated in the exchange of prisoners between the republics of Donbass and Kiev. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, is «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.» 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
