A UAE-mediated agreement saw Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners for the first time in five months yesterday. More than 200 Ukrainian prisoners returned from Russia in exchange for 248 Russian prisoners released by Ukraine, Reuters reports. In exchange, 248 Russian prisoners of war were released by Ukraine, according to Telegram statements by the Russian defense ministry and the Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets.

MoFA’s happy: MoFA expressed its satisfaction with the agreement and thanked both the Russian and Ukrainian negotiators for their cooperation in a statement late last night.

This isn’t our first time mediating between Russia + Ukraine: We also assisted a prisoner exchange between the two countries back in October 2022.

UAE + WHO: President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday to discuss future international health cooperation, Wam reports.

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