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CBC: Canada to extend a $1.7 billion loan to Ukraine. Canada will extend a $2.4 billion Canadian dollars ($1.7 billion US) loan to Ukraine in the coming budget year to help prop up Ukraine's finances. The measure is identified in the latest federal budget.

Wednesday, March 29

2:31 AM

Ministry confirms deportation of over 19,000 Ukrainian children to Russia. Russian forces have unlawfully transferred or deported 19,514 Ukrainian children to Russia, violating the Geneva Conventions, the Reintegration Ministry reported on March 28.

1:40 AM

Russia fires at Sumy Oblast at least 100 times. Russian forces shelled four communities in Sumy Oblast on March 28, regional military administration reported on Telegram.

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Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm transformed into stock company.

11:53 PM

CNN: Military action increases around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says IAEA head. Fighting has intensified near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi told CNN on March 28. Grossi and his team are on their way to visit the nuclear power plant for a second time to assess the situation firsthand.

11:21 PM

Ukraine's sports minister: As Russia kills our athletes, it's not the time to allow Russians back to international sports.

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Ukraine returns 6 more POWs from Russian captivity

by The Kyiv Independent news desk September 29, 2022 2:33 PM 1 min read

Russia released six more Ukrainian prisoners of war – four service personnel and two civilians – in a prisoner swap on Sept. 29, according to President's Office Head Andriy Yermak. "Our goal is to get all our people back. We are working on it non-stop," said Yermak.

Among the released POWs are marine officers Oleksii Bulakhov and Mykola Kostenko, as well as Mariupol defenders Liudmyla Herasymenko and Ivan Zemlianoi; two civilians are Viktoriia Andrusha and Yana Maiboroda.

Yermak didn't mention how many Russians were exchanged in the swap.

On Sept. 21, Ukraine returned 215 prisoners of war, including Azovstal defenders, in exchange for Viktor Medvedchuk, Ukraine’s most high-profile pro-Kremlin politician and Russian President Vladimir Putin's former right-hand man in the country.

The Kyiv Independent news desk

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