Russia and Ukraine are to carry out a prisoner exchange over the weekend, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
The Russian side has let us know that over the weekend – Saturday and Sunday – they will hand over 500 people from our military, he says at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.
In exchange, Ukraine will hand over a "relevant number" of prisoners of war, according to Zelenskyj.
The agreement was reached during negotiations in Turkey earlier in the week.
The news of the prisoner exchange is also confirmed from the Russian side.
