The headquarters for prisoner issues at the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate stated that it was subject to a hacker attack. The message says that a DDoS attack was detected, and therefore access to some functions and resources will be limited “for a certain time” Earlier, the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirmed that 65 servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were indeed preparing for an exchange.

The Russian leader's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that now no one can say how the crash with the Il-76 plane will affect the future prospects for the exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine.