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Russia and Ukraine have continued their largest prisoner exchange to date, with each side releasing a further 307 people, the Russian Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said 307 of his country's service personnel returned home on Saturday.
Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said the same number of Russian prisoners of war had been handed over by Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine both confirmed the release of 390 individuals each the previous day at the start of the exchange of a planned total of 1,000 prisoners.
The largest exchange so far in more than three years of Russia's war against Ukraine was agreed last week during talks in Istanbul.
It was the only major outcome of the first direct Russian-Ukrainian talks since 2022, which had been primarily promoted by US President Donald Trump.
