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MOSCOW, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 25 prisoners of war after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, Russia's defence ministry said in a statement.

The Russian POWs were currently in Belarus receiving medical and psychological support before being transported back to Russia for further care, the defence ministry said.

(This story has been refiled to fix the garbled word in paragraph 1).