Russia and Ukraine have announced the exchange of 206 prisoners of war under a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Russian Defense Ministry said the 103 servicemen released were among those captured during the Kursk attack.
Posting pictures of some of those released on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “Our people have returned home.”
Last month, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack across the Russian border, advancing as far as 30km (18 mi) into the Kursk region.
Zelensky said the released Ukrainians included 82 privates, sergeants and 21 officers from the armed forces, national guard, border guards and police.
They were captured while defending the Kyiv, Donetsk, Mariupol, Azovstal, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions, he said.
Russia said its released soldiers were now in Belarus and would receive “necessary psychological and medical support” and would be allowed to contact their relatives before returning to Russia.
The UAE, which has remained neutral in the conflict, has acted as a mediator in previous prisoner exchanges.
In August, after the invasion of KurskAn initial exchange has been completed. attended by 230 prisoners total.
Ukraine’s offensive on Kursk was partly aimed at drawing troops away from Russian operations in eastern Ukraine.
The latest exchange came as Russia said it had retaken a village in eastern Ukraine where it had made some progress in recent weeks.
On Saturday, the Defense Ministry said its forces had captured the village of Zhelanne Pershe in the Pokrovsk district.
It is less than 30km (19 mi) from the town of Pokrovsk, which has an important railway station and is at the crossroads of several important routes.
The town plays a role important role as a logistics hub for Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region and has for months been a key target of Russian forces.
