Ukraine announced on Wednesday June 29 that it had exchanged 144 soldiers with Russia, including 95 "
defenders of Azovstal
" in Mariupol (southeast), who had defended this port city besieged by the Russian army for several weeks before to return.
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This is the biggest exchange (with Moscow) since the start of the Russian invasion
," the Main Intelligence Directorate, attached to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said on Telegram, without giving further details on the place and the date of the operation.