{"id":178223,"date":"2026-03-05T17:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178223\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ukraine-russia-swap-prisoners-via-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178223\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners via Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 5,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war via Belarus with 200 soldiers returning to each country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose who return include defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions,\u201d said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He thanked the United States for facilitating the exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscow said that Russian soldiers receive mental counseling and medical assistance in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine this year. The first one took place a month ago and involved 157 soldiers from each side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus was involved in 18 exchanges in 2025 and 12 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukraine and Russia swap more prisoners via Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 24, Pozirk. Ukraine and Russia have once again exchanged prisoners of war using Belarusian territory. According to the Russian defense ministry, each country handed over 146 prisoners. In addition, Russia got back eight residents of its Kursk province. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152380\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 5,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war via Belarus with 200 soldiers returning to each country. \u201cThose who return include defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions,\u201d said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He thanked the United States for facilitating the exchange. Moscow said that Russian soldiers receive mental counseling and medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-178223","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners via Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 5,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war via Belarus with 200 soldiers returning to each country. \u201cThose who return include\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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