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Russia and Ukraine swap 270 prisoners of war each

First reported by News.am: 15:17

Updated 19:20, 14 sources

World. Photo: iStock, cropped
Photo: iStock, cropped

According to the Russian Defence Ministry, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 270 prisoners of war each on October 23, and the returned Russian servicemen are in Belarus. Ukraine's human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said seven civilians from each side were also exchanged. A day earlier, the sides had exchanged the remains of fallen soldiers, 252 for 25.

How each side framed it

The outlets' original headlines, unchanged.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first, who followed. Each dot is one outlet.

Timeline as a list
  1. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  2. News.am (Opposition)
  3. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  4. 24news.am (Opposition)
  5. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  6. Iravunk (Opposition)
  7. Ararat News (Balanced)
  8. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  9. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  10. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  11. Politik.am (Opposition)
  12. Tert.am (Opposition)
  13. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  14. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)

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