First POW exchange of the year: 157 Ukrainians have returned home Ukraine and Russia carried out the first prisoner exchange in four months. A total of 157 Ukrainians were brought back, including seven civilians. This exchange is especially significant as Ukraine managed to return people who had been suffering in Russian captivity since 2022 and were sentenced to long prison terms. The mental condition of the released defenders remains difficult, but they are overwhelmed with happiness — they ar