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The exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine was canceled

15 Jan 2023 - 16:36

The Ukrainian Prisoner Exchange Office announced the cancellation of the Ukrainian and Russian prisoner exchange program. According to the officials of this department, this program was unilaterally canceled by Moscow.


Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): The coordinator of the prisoner of war exchange department announced in a message that another round of prisoner exchanges with Russia, which was supposed to take place, was canceled by the Russian side at the last minute. Tatyana Moskalkov, the Commissioner of the Russian Human Rights Office, has not yet commented on this matter.
 
Russia and Ukraine had recently released a number of prisoners, whose number had reached hundreds during the past eleven months, on January 8
 
On April 10, 2022, "Irina Vershchuk", the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, announced on the Telegram social network: "On the order of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, the third exchange of prisoners was carried out, 12 of our soldiers, including a female officer they are returning home. »
 
The Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced on June 18 (28 Gemini) that five captured Ukrainians were returned to Ukraine in exchange for five captured Russians.
 
Yesterday, the Commissioner of the Russian Human Rights Office wrote in his Telegram messenger that Russian soldiers reported examples of inappropriate behavior in Ukrainian prisons. Ukraine has not reacted in this regard so far.
 
The second prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine took place last month, when Kiev announced that Ukrainian border guards captured by Russia while defending Snake Island were released in exchange for 19 Russian sailors.
 


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