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One hundred Ukrainian prisoners of war have been returned home from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Feb. 8. “National guards, border guards, Armed Forces. The majority (of those freed) are defenders of Mariupol,” Zelensky said. According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Moscow also received 100 soldiers back. “During the return of Russian military personnel from captivity, the United Arab Emirates provided humanitarian mediation,” Russia’s ministry said in a statement. Ukrainian officials said in December that Russia held at least 3,500 Ukrainian POWs, although the number was…