Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he hopes to resume prisoner exchanges by the end of the year. Zelenskyy made this statement during a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as reported by UNN.
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"We are working very hard to resume prisoner exchanges to bring home Ukrainian military personnel, Ukrainian civilians held by Russia, including Crimean Tatar political and religious prisoners. We are working to bring back our Ukrainian children. We have platforms working. And in Turkey, there are all opportunities for this. We hope to resume exchanges by the end of the year, to bring back a significant number of prisoners," Zelenskyy said.
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