They were currently on Belarusian territory and were to be taken to Russia for medical checks and treatment, the ministry said. Russian MOD Russia's defence ministry shared images of the Russian servicemen released by Ukraine"We are bringing our people home," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on social media. Ukraine's co-ordination headquarters for prisoners of war said the 270 Ukrainian servicemen had fought in regions across the east and north, from Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy to Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson. Three of the 390 released on Friday were women, officials said, and some of the soldiers had been held since 2022. Families of Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia gathered in northern Ukraine on Friday in the hope that their sons and husbands would be among those released.