Budanov: New prisoner exchange to be prepared by end of next week

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President, stated that following the return of 182 Ukrainians, another prisoner exchange is being prepared by the end of next week.

According to Novyny.LIVE TV Telegram channel, Budanov made this statement in a comment to a channel journalist, Ukrinform reports.

“I hope that there will be another phase sometime toward the end of the week. There were purely bureaucratic procedures involved,” Budanov noted.

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As reported by Ukrinform, on April 11, 175 Ukrainian service members and 7 civilians returned from Russian captivity as part of the exchange.