Two stages of a prisoner-of-war exchange between Ukraine and Russia are scheduled for this weekend, with 500 Ukrainian service members expected to be released. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a briefing Details: Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine is prepared to release an equivalent number of Russian prisoners.

Russia and Ukraine have completed the first phase of what is expected to be the biggest prisoner exchange since the start of the war, with almost 800 people released on Friday.