"Residents of Pailin and Phnom Penh on Thursday expressed bewilderment tha Thailand decided to delay the release of 18 Cambodian soldiers over reported 'violation' of de-escalation agreement reached on Saturday, December 27. "They said untruthful words. They were supposed to release them today, yet we don't see it. We don't understand Thailand," Pailin vendor Voeurn Save said. Nacy, a Phnom Penh student, echoed confusion, saying: "We want the 18 soldiers; we want them back in our country. Under the rules of war, you can't just arrest 18 people in your country because it is not correct." This comes following Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced it is 'considering the timing of the release of the 18 soldiers' over claims Cambodia 'breached' the agreement after launching more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the territory of the kingdom. While Cambodian side rejected the accusation, Phnom Penh on Monday ordered a prohibition on the use of drones nationwide. In accordance with the initial agreement reached at a special General Border Committee meeting on December 27, the soldiers who spent 154 days in captivity were expected to be freed on December 30. A 72-hour ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia expired at 12:00 local time (5:00 am GMT) on Tuesday. Thailand and Cambodia signed a China-brokered ceasefire agreement on Saturday, as the delegations met at a border checkpoint in Thailand's Chanthaburi Province. Clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border have left over 100 people dead and have reportedly displaced nearly a million people since hostilities resumed in December."