FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a soldier as he visits a military training centre of the Western Military District for mobilised reservists as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, smiles in Ryazan Region, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The mobilized reservists that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited last week at a firing range southeast of Moscow looked picture-perfect. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

A file photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a soldier as he visits a military training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, smiles in Ryazan Region, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool via AP)

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Russia says nine POWs freed in prisoner exchange with Ukraine: Agencies

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Published: 26 November ,2022: 08:05 PM GST Updated: 26 November ,2022: 08:19 PM GST

Nine Russian prisoners of war were released as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Moscow’s defense ministry.

“On Nov. 26, as a result of the negotiation process, nine Russian servicemen who were in mortal danger in captivity were returned from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime,” the ministry said in a statement.

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Last week, Russia’s defense ministry said that Ukraine had executed more than 10 Russian prisoners of war with direct shots to the head.

The defense ministry was responding to a video circulated on Russian social media which it said showed the execution of Russian prisoners of war.

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