Russian authorities hand over to Saudi Arabia 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine
Russia hands over 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine to Saudi Arabia, including UK, US, Moroccan, Swedish and Croatian nationals.
Al-Arabiya reports.
Russian authorities handed over to Saudi Arabia 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine. The plane with them has already landed in the Arab country.
The mediator in these negotiations was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He communicated directly with the Kremlin and the Ukrainian side.
Russians handed over five British, one Moroccan, one Swedish, one Croatian and two Americans. They have not yet been named, but Russians are believed to have released Swedish Matias Gustavsson, Croatian Vekoslav Prebig, British John Harding, Andrew Hill, Dylan Healy, Sean Pinner and Aiden Eslin, Moroccan Saadoun Brahim, and two US citizens - Alexandra Druke and Andy Huynh. Some of them have already been "sentenced" to the death penalty by Russians in the occupied Donbass.
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