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Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners ahead of Orthodox Easter ceasefire

The warring sides exchanged 175 prisoners of war each in a mediation facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, officials from both nations said.

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00:00Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners on Saturday, just hours before a temporary ceasefire
00:06was set to take effect for Orthodox Easter.
00:09The war in size exchanged 175 prisoners of war, each in a mediation, carried out by the
00:16United Arab Emirates, according to officials.
00:19The exchange came just after both nations fired waves of drones at each other overnight.
00:24According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched at least 160 drones at Ukraine, killing
00:31four people in the countries east and south, with the Odessa region being among the hardest
00:37hit.
00:38Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country would respond, quote, in kind
00:43to any Russian violations of the ceasefire.
00:46Meanwhile authorities in Russia's southern Krasnodar region claimed a wave of Ukrainian
00:51drones sparked a fire at an oil depot and damaged apartment buildings.
00:56Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox
01:02Easter weekend from 4 p.m. Saturday until the end of Sunday.
01:06A similar ceasefire was ordered by Putin last year, but both sides reported multiple violations.
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