{"id":200487,"date":"2026-08-19T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200487\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:01:35","slug":"ukraine-russia-swap-103-prisoners-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200487\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia swap 103 prisoners in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koordshtab-gov-ua-ukr-obmrn-19-08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koordshtab-gov-ua-ukr-obmrn-19-08.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koordshtab-gov-ua-ukr-obmrn-19-08-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koordshtab-gov-ua-ukr-obmrn-19-08-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koordshtab-gov-ua-ukr-obmrn-19-08-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/koordshtab-gov-ua-ukr-obmrn-19-08-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(koordshtab.gov.ua)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 19,<\/strong> <strong><em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war in Belarusian territory for the nineth time since the start of 2026, with each side releasing 103 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, who had defended Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzha, Kherson, Dnepr and Sumy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyiv has thanked the United States and the United Arab Emirates for negotiating the exchange.<\/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\"> 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 eighth exchange this year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/193509\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 19, Pozirk. Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war in Belarusian territory for the nineth time since the start of 2026, with each side releasing 103 people, Kyiv and Moscow reported. The Russian defense ministry said that exchanged Russians are receiving psychological and medical care in Belarus. 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