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Prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia will continue, - Zelenskyy
Following negotiations between delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the US in Abu Dhabi, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that prisoner exchanges would continue.
As reported by Censor.NET with a link to Ukrinform, Zelenskyy said this during a conversation with journalists.
"The exchanges will continue, and the teams will work on this," the president said.
What preceded it?
- Earlier it was reported that Russia had stalled a large prisoner exchange that had been agreed upon earlier and was supposed to take place before the New Year. Now they want "general agreements."
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also stated that Russia has postponed the agreements reached at the end of 2025 on the exchange of prisoners of war.
- Later, NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov announced information about the results of the prisoner exchange.
- On February 5, as part of the first prisoner exchange of 2026, Ukraine returned 157 soldiers and civilians. Most of them had been held captive since 2022.
