Ukrainian Navy soldiers return from Russian captivity
6.05.2025 - 16:21
After Russian captivity, another 205 Ukrainian defenders returned to Ukraine, including soldiers from the Naval Forces.
More than two hundred defenders returned from captivity to Ukraine on May 6, the Defense Intelligence reported.
This time, among the released soldiers are representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular the Navy, Air Force, Airborne Assault Forces, Troops, as well as the National Guard of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service.
The defenders defended Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, in Zaporizhia and Kharkiv regions, in Kherson, Sumy and Kyiv regions. Also among them are defenders from the Mariupol garrison.
On May 6, the fifth exchange took place this year and the 64th since the start of the full-scale invasion. In total, within the framework of the negotiation process and exchanges since March 2022, the Coordination Headquarters has liberated 4,757 Ukrainian citizens.
USM previously reported that Ukraine returned Navy soldiers: the Russians took them prisoner in Mariupol and Zaporizhia region.
