Tag: Prisoner swap

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a large-scale prisoner swap during their talks in Istanbul. Ukrainian Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov, who is the Head of Ukraine’s delegation, disclosed, “We discussed ...

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war, with each side releasing 103 people.  The swap on Saturday, September 14, 2024, was the second of such in two days. In ...

In the high-stakes realm of international diplomacy, where trust can be as fragile as a house of cards, every move is fraught with both promise and peril. The recent prisoner ...

Three Americans released from Russian detention, namely, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva have landed in the United States, ...

U.S President, Joe Biden has said that he has a great sense of gratitude to German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz for the just announced prisoner exchange. Biden acknowledged that such prisoner ...

Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich has been freed from Russian custody as part of a major exchange that also involved the freeing of several other foreign citizens held in ...

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an exchange of prisoners linked to Yemen’s long-running war began on Friday, April 14, 2023. The war between rebels and ...