Kyiv, Nov. 14 -- Ukraine is expecting what could become the largest-ever prisoner exchange with Russia since the beginning of the war, with more than 1,000 people from each side likely to be released, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday (local time), adding that Ukrainian teams, intelligence agencies and special services were working to make the exchange happen.

In a post on X, Zelenskyy said Kyiv was taking seriously the assurances from the United States that the proposed exchange would be the biggest since the conflict began.

"We count on a truly large-scale prisoner exchange, and we take very seriously the wording our American partners are using: that this should be the largest exchange of this war. More than a tho...