Russia said it had exchanged 103 Ukrainian soldiers for an equal number of Russian prisoners of war in a deal brokered by the UAE on Sept 14. The Russian defence ministry stated that the troops freed in Saturday’s swap were captured during Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region on August 6. The announcement comes just three weeks after Russia and Ukraine swapped 115 prisoners of war each in an exchange deal. Meanwhile, Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, warned the West that its testing of Russia’s patience can’t be limitless.
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