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Saturday, December 13, 2025
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Saturday, December 13, 2025
Kyiv says 114 prisoners released by Belarus now in Ukraine
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This handout photograph taken and released by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on December 13, 2025, shows Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava (C) making a heart sign with her hands as she sits in a bus among other former prisoners at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Handout / COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR / AFP)
Ukraine received 114 prisoners released by Belarus today, Kyiv’s POW coordination center says, including Ukrainian citizens accused of working for Ukrainian intelligence and Belarusian political prisoners.
The center’s statement says that the released captives would receive medical attention, and those Belarusian citizens who so wished would subsequently be transported to Poland or Lithuania.
The center posts photos appearing to show the released captives boarding a bus, with some of them smiling and embracing.
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