"Russia and Ukraine Exchange Hundreds of POWs Following Deadly Plane Crash"

Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war just days after a deadly plane crash involving a Russian transport plane carrying captured Ukrainian troops. The exchange saw Russia release 207 Ukrainian troops while Ukraine released 195 Russians. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that a Ukrainian missile shot down the military transport plane, but Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied this. Despite the crash, the prisoner exchange took place, marking a continuation of the pattern of prisoner swaps between the two countries over the past two years of conflict.