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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Kyiv, June 4 /Xinhua/ — Ukraine and Russia plan to hold another prisoner exchange on June 7-8. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following bilateral consultations held on Wednesday, as reported by the Ukrinform agency.
According to him, Russia expressed its readiness to hand over 500 people to Ukraine. Kyiv will release the same number of prisoners.
At the same time, V. Zelensky noted that Ukraine has not yet received a list of persons whom the Russian Federation is preparing for exchange.
On June 2, the second round of peace talks between Ukraine and the Russian Federation since 2022 took place in Istanbul. At the talks, the parties agreed to exchange prisoners according to the “all for all” formula for two categories of servicemen: seriously ill and those aged 18 to 25. V. Zelensky stated that journalists and political prisoners could also return to Ukraine as part of this exchange. –0–