Preparations underway for new POW swap with Russia, head of Zelenskyy's office says

Work on an exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia is ongoing, Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, has said.

Source: Interfax-Ukraine, a Ukrainian news agency, citing Budanov speaking on the sidelines of the Kyiv Security Forum

Quote: "The [prisoner] exchange process? We have just received another list [of prisoners whom Russia wants to exchange – ed.]. There are just some minor legal obstacles on Russia's side... don't worry, everything will be fine."

Background:

• On 11 April, Ukraine and Russia carried out a prisoner exchange which resulted in Ukraine bringing home 175 military personnel and seven civilians.
• Andrii Yusov, spokesman for Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), said Ukraine had been working on securing the return of a significantly larger number of POWs than the 182 people freed on 11 April, but he hoped this exchange would be "only the beginning of an Easter swap".

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