before they were captured and held by Russian forces, were released Wednesday as part of an exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine., 27, were captured by Russian forces in June and held by its proxies in the contested Donbas region that remains at the center of the war.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Saudi government had successfully negotiated the release of the foreign fighters and transferred them to Saudi Arabia, where they were"facilitating procedures for their safe return home."The 10 foreign fighters are five British fighters, two Americans, and one Moroccan, Swede and Croatian, according to the Saudi Ministry of Media.
Alongside British citizen Shaun Pinner and Moroccan national Saaudun Brahim, Aslin was sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in June after he was captured by Russian forces.
I am so glad for Americans 🇺🇸 !
Leave them there.
That's to bad. Russia going to find it hard to stop these losers if they keep giving them back
A lot of US Military fighting in Ukraine. Did we declare war and I just missed it?
MULLAHS are restricting access to the Internet in IRAN to make communication between people harder. They are killing people on streets. Pleas be our voice. MahsaAmini
NBCNightlyNews 🙏🙏 thank god their free
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Guess they figured they should turn them over before Ukraine seizes the camps
Ukraine can keep them
Brittany Griner
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