# Ukraine war latest: 103 POWs returned home in latest exchange with Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/26499

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-19 17:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-146/

> Ukraine brought home 103 prisoners of war in its latest exchange with Russia and handed 103 Russian service members back, officials said. Russian drones killed two police officers and injured at least 20 people at a police headquarters in Zhytomyr, while a strike on a minibus in Kherson killed four and wounded five. Ukrainian drones also hit an oil refinery in Ufa, Russia.

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