“Yes, the exchange has taken place. We welcome and are glad that Russian citizens have returned home, ”Peskov quotes RIA Novosti.

He also confirmed that among those who returned to Russia, the head of RIA Novosti Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky.

“Vyshinsky is there. Lists will follow later. So far, the overall assessment is this, ”the presidential spokesman added.

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.