Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations.

“We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.

“Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”

We are working to ensure another start to negotiations, so that after all there is a prospect to end this war. We are also counting on the resumption of POW exchanges – many meetings, negotiations, and calls are currently taking place to ensure this. I thank everyone who is…

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 16, 2025

Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National

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