Erdoğan and Zelenskyy were initially discussing the exchange of 15 commanders from Azovstal but eventually managed to agree on 5

The list for the exchange of Azov POWs initially included 15 commanders, but such a list could not be agreed upon, so the number was reduced to 5.

The representative of Turkish President Ibrahim Kalin reported about this in an interview with CNN Türk.

The parties were discussing the exchange for about 3-3.5 months. In the end, Türkiye and Ukraine agreed on the exchange of five commanders: Denys Prokopenko, Serhii Volynskyi, Sviatoslav Palamar, Denys Shleha, and Oleh Khomenko.