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Ukraine has received 49 prisoners of war back from Russia in the latest exchange of captives between the warring neighbours, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday. “These are fighters from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the police, the Border Guard Service and also our civilians,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram. Some of the group were taken prisoner during the defence of the Azovstal steelworks in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol at the start of the war in 2022. There were 23 women among those released, the Ukrainian president said. How many prisoners were …

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