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Aberdeen researchers join project on women's role in Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchanges

A new project with University of Aberdeen researchers will look at the part relatives play in bringing captured and missing soldiers home from the war between Ukraine and Russia.

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Why it matters: Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are contributing to a project on how relatives work to secure the return of captured and missing soldiers.

The University of Aberdeen said its researchers are taking part in a new research project linked to the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

According to the university, the work will examine the efforts of relatives to bring back prisoners of war and soldiers listed as missing.

The university's announcement presents the women behind prisoner exchanges as the focus of the study.

Editor’s view

Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

University of Aberdeen researchers are involved in the new study, which centres on relatives, and women especially, who work to bring back captured and missing soldiers in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

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