Three residents of the Kursk region held by Kiev returned to Russia for an exchange

Three residents of the Kursk region, whom Ukraine had previously held hostage, returned to Russia in exchange. Alexander Khinshtein, the governor of the Kursk region, told about this on March 6 in the Telegram channel.

One of those released was Mikhail, a 25-year-old resident of the village of Kazachya Loknya. Two women will also return to the country. They were exchanged for a Ukrainian citizen convicted of a criminal offense.

"The Ukrainian side appealed to Belarus to exchange a Ukrainian woman who was serving a sentence for a criminal offense. On behalf of the President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko, she was exchanged for two residents of the Sudzhansky district — grandmothers and granddaughters aged 85 and 42," Khinstein said.

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