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Turkey says it coordinating an extensive prisoner swap on Thursday

The Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) said it would coordinate an extensive prisoner swap on Thursday amid signs of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Belarus on one side and the United States, Germany, and Slovenia on the other.

"A [prisoner] exchange operation will take place today under the coordination of our organization," MIT said in a statement. "Our organization has undertaken a major mediation role in this exchange operation, which is the most comprehensive of the recent period."