Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 307 of their service personnel on Saturday (May 24) on the second day of an extended prisoner swap set to be the largest in the three-year war.

U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested the swap - which should see 1,000 prisoners released on each side over three days - could herald a new phase in stop-start efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv.

Saturday's swap was announced by Russia's defence ministry, and separately by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a post on social media platform Telegram.

Images released by Zelenskiy's office showed freed Ukrainian service personnel arriving in buses at a rendezvous point inside Ukraine, where they hugged each other and draped themselves in blue and yellow Ukrainian flags.

The first part of the exchange took place on Friday (May 23) when Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners, including 120 civilians, and said they would free more in the coming days.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, UKRAINE (MAY 24, 2025)

1. VARIOUS OF BUSES ARRIVING CARRYING RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR

2. PEOPLE, INCLUDING UKRAINIAN DEFENCE MINISTER RUSTEM UMEROV, WAITING TO GREET POW

3. UMEROV WAVING

4. BUS ARRIVING

5. VARIOUS OF RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR GETTING OFF BUS, HUGGING AND GREETING PEOPLE

6. POW WALKING WITH UKRAINIAN FLAG DRAPED ON BACK

7. VARIOUS OF POW HUGGING AND GREETING PEOPLE

8. POW STANDING, CHANTING

9. POW HUGGING EACH OTHER

10. VARIOUS OF POW SPEAKING ON PHONE

11. PRISONERS OF WAR HUGGING

12. POW, DRAPED IN UKRAINIAN FLAG, SAYING (Ukrainian): “Glory to Ukraine”

13. VARIOUS OF PRISONERS OF WAR HUGGING EACH OTHER

14. PRISONERS OF WAR POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH

15. VARIOUS OF POW STANDING, SPEAKING

16. VARIOUS OF POWS SPEAKING ON PHONE

17. VARIOUS OF POWS STANDING IN GROUP, POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND CHANTING AND CLAPPING