"On March 5, 200 Russian servicepeople were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. In return, 200 prisoners of war of the armed forces of Ukraine were transferred," the statement said.
The Russian military personnel are currently in Belarus, they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance. Then they will all be taken to Russia for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The UAE and the US provided humanitarian mediation efforts to return the Russian servicepeople from captivity, the ministry added.
Russian presidential aide and the head of Russian delegation at the Ukraine talks Vladimir Medinsky announced on Thursday a 500-for-500 prisoner of war exchange on March 5-6 as part of the Geneva agreements.
"As part of the agreements reached in Geneva, a prisoner exchange with Ukraine will take place on March 5-6. Five hundred for five hundred. The main thing is that our people will return," Medinsky said on Telegram.