Kyiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2026 (AFP) - Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, drone strikes ahead of Easter truce

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Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners Saturday but also fired waves of drones at each other overnight, just hours before a temporary ceasefire was set to take effect for Orthodox Easter, according to officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would respond "in kind" to any Russian violations of the ceasefire. The warring sides exchanged 175 prisoners of war each, both countries said, in one of their few areas of cooperati......

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