He posted the corresponding post on his Facebook page.

“As the fifth president of Ukraine, involved in the release of thousands of our compatriots, I know that there are no simple and linear solutions here. I am proud that the decision of the International Maritime Tribunal that we won back in spring pushed Putin to the wall and prompted us to finally free our heroes, ”he wrote.

Earlier, the special board of the Rossiya detachment, which flew out of Kiev as part of the exchange of retained persons between Ukraine and Russia, landed in Moscow.

Also, a special board with returning citizens of Ukraine landed at the Boryspil airport.

The head of the Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, in an interview with RT, evaluated the results of the exchange.

RT conducted a text translation of the exchange process.