Both sides thanked the United Arab Emirates for their 'humanitarian mediation efforts.'
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00:00Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 150 captured soldiers in the latest prisoner of war exchange
00:07between the two countries.
00:11The two sides regularly swap prisoners of war in one of the only forms of cooperation
00:15between Kiev and Moscow amid the now nearly three-year war.
00:23Some of the soldiers have been in captivity for more than two years, Ukrainian President
00:28Vladimir Zelensky said in a post on social media.
00:36Russia's defense ministry said its troops were undergoing medical checks in allied Belarus
00:41before returning to Russia.
00:46Both sides said the deal was mediated by the United Arab Emirates, which has helped Ruker
00:51manage such exchanges in the past.