As a result of the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, 116 Ukrainian servicemen were released.

APA reports that Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, informed about this in the "Telegram" account.

According to Yermak, defenders of Mariupol, partisans of Kherson, snipers fighting in the direction of Bakhmut and others are among those released.

"87 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 8 soldiers of the Military Intelligence Service, 7 soldiers of the National Guard, 6 employees of the National Police, 5 employees of the State Security Service, 2 employees of the Navy and one employee of the State Emergency Service were released.

Two of them are officers, 114 are private soldiers and sergeants.

In addition, we returned the bodies of dead foreign volunteers - Christopher Matthew Perry and Andrew Tobias Matthews, as well as the body of a dead volunteer soldier - Yevheni Olegovich, a Ukrainian who served in the French Foreign Legion and returned to defend our country after Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine." Yermak said.