This comes amid the Volodymyr Zelenskyy government facing a war on two fronts—against Russia, and against its biggest corruption scandal since he came to power in May 2019

Technical talks to finalize details of the exchange “will be held in the near future,” top Ukrainian official Rustem Umerov said.

Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger

Elsewhere, the president of Finland warned that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and urged European allies to keep up support.

Exchanges have been the only progress of any note in negotiations between the two countries in the nearly four-year war.

Ukraine leader calls for two ministers to resign over scandal and moves to impose sanctions on ex-business partner

Yesterday and over the past week, Ukraine experienced massive attacks by Russia. In total, the occupiers used more than 1,000 drones and aerial bombs - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared this information on Telegram.

TASS added that Russia’s air defences destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian drones on Sunday evening. Earlier on Sunday, it said Russian air defences intercepted two Neptune guided missiles, four HIMARS rockets and 197 drones.