President Zelenskyy: We’ve already brought home 4,757 POWs during the full-scale war

“Our ability to bring our people back is the result of the bravery of our warriors, who skillfully fight and capture the occupiers. We must bring all our people home,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a traditional address to the Ukrainian nation on May 6.

Dear Ukrainians!

The most important news today is that another 205 of our warriors have returned home from Russian captivity. Two hundred and two of them are privates and non-commissioned officers, three are officers. Defenders of Mariupol and the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk regions, our Kharkiv and Sumy regions. I thank all our team working on the exchanges: all the guys at the Coordination Headquarters, I want to thank every institution – these are Defense Intelligence, the Office of the President, the Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs – all those who are helping. During this war, we have already managed to bring home 4,757 people from captivity. And of course, I am grateful to every soldier, every commander, all our units that are on the frontlines, ensuring the replenishment of the exchange fund.

Full text of the address: Office of the President of Ukraine