“Exchange negotiations are underway. As far as I know, these are successful negotiations and they will end soon, ”he said in an interview with the Russia 24 channel (VGTRK) on the sidelines of a forum in Vladivostok.

Earlier, the assistant to the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Andrei Yermak, said that work on coordinating the possibility of an exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia was ongoing.

The press service of Zelensky promised to post official information after the completion of the exchange process.