Zelensky on the June 20 prisoner exchange: The soldiers were in captivity for more than two years

On Friday, June 20, another stage of the prisoner of war exchange took place. Defenders from the category of seriously wounded and seriously ill returned to Ukraine.

This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

Prisoner exchange on June 20, 2025

The head of state noted that most of the soldiers who returned today from Russian captivity had been there for more than two years.

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— They are finally home. These are the defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Kharkiv and Chernihiv. Soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the Border Service, — Zelensky wrote.