Russia and Ukraine each released 146 prisoners of war following mediation by the United Arab Emirates. The returned Russian servicemen were reported to be in Belarus receiving psychological and medical care. Eight Russian citizens from the Kursk region allegedly detained by Kyiv were also returned. Large-scale prisoner exchanges followed three rounds of talks in Istanbul and remain one of the few cooperative areas since the 2022 war. Russian officials accused Ukraine of an overnight drone attack that caused a fire and damaged an auxiliary transformer at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, reducing reactor three capacity by 50 percent. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Washington revoked permission for strikes in Russia with US-made weapons and that Kyiv has been using its own weapons without consulting Washington.
Russia and Ukraine have each exchanged 146 prisoners of war (POWs) after mediation by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian Ministry of Defence says about the latest in a series of exchanges that has seen hundreds of POWs released this year. On August 24, 146 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled by Kyiv, the ministry said on Telegram on Sunday.
On Sunday, Russia also accused Ukraine of carrying out an overnight drone attack on a nuclear plant that caused a fire and damaged an auxiliary transformer. The attack forced a 50 percent reduction in the operating capacity at reactor number three at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, 60km (38 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border, according to Russian officials, who added that several power and energy facilities were targeted in the strikes.
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