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Five prisoners freed under U.S.-brokered deal

Agence France-Presse

WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Belarus has released five prisoners in a US-brokered deal involving Russia, officials said Tuesday, in a rare moment of diplomatic cooperation as Western efforts stall to end the war in Ukraine.

In return, Moscow and Minsk secured the return of several people held in European countries, including the release of a prominent Russian archeologist held in Poland.