“For us, the task now, I think, is number one — to return all our prisoners, all prisoners of war, our sailors,” he quotes “STRANA.ua.

He added that "he will do everything to return" the Ukrainians arrested in Russia. Zelensky clarified that this is a “priority task”.

According to the CEC of Ukraine, after processing 20.91% of the protocols, Zelensky is gaining 73.35% of the votes, and Petro Poroshenko - 24.3%.

Earlier, the Moscow Lefortovo Court extended the arrest of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained in the Kerch Strait.

Sailors of the Ukrainian Navy were detained on November 25, 2018 after illegally crossing the Russian border in the Kerch Strait area.