{"id":193509,"date":"2026-06-26T17:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193509\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:10:40","slug":"ukraine-russia-swap-prisoners-in-belarus-in-eighth-exchange-this-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193509\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners in Belarus in eighth exchange this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war in Belarusian territory for the eighth time since the start of 2026, with each side releasing 160 people, Kyiv and Moscow reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian defense ministry said that exchanged Russians are receiving psychological and medical care in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia released 160 soldiers, who had been in captivity since 2022. Among them are officers of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces, State Special Transport Service, National Guard, and State Border Guard Service. According to Zelensky, they defended Ukraine in Mariupol and its Azovstal steelworks and in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy provinces.<\/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\/2026\/05\/plennye_ukraina_zel_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plennye_ukraina_zel_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plennye_ukraina_zel_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plennye_ukraina_zel_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plennye_ukraina_zel_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plennye_ukraina_zel_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/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\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners in Belarus in sixth exchange this year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 15, Pozirk. Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war on Belarusian territory for the sixth time since the start of 2026, with each side handing over 205 servicemen, Kyiv and Moscow reported. The Russian defense ministry said that &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187627\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, Pozirk. Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war in Belarusian territory for the eighth time since the start of 2026, with each side releasing 160 people, Kyiv and Moscow reported. The Russian defense ministry said that exchanged Russians are receiving psychological and medical care in Belarus. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-193509","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 in Belarus in eighth exchange this year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 26, Pozirk. 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