evan hershkovich and the journalist of radio svoboda elsa alsush kurmashova, as well as the former marine paul whelan, returned home. let me remind you that yesterday in turkey, the west and russia exchanged prisoners. moscow released 16 people, including americans, five germans and seven of its citizens. instead , eight murderers and spies returned to russia, including killer vadim krasikov, who was serving a life sentence for murder. of the chechen commander in germany, on the part of moscow, this was the main condition of the exchange. and till operational information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine: 98 combat clashes took place at the front during the day. the hottest was in the pokrovsky direction, where the russians stormed the positions of our troops 43 times. fierce fighting continues in the area of ​​the village of progress and novooleksandrivka. the situation on thor is also tense. destination in the area of ​​zalizny and new york. the armed forces of ukraine stopped 16 assaults. with heavy losses , the russians stormed nine times in the seversky direction