MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kyiv referred to as on Moscow on Sunday to supply a listing of Ukrainian prisoners of battle prepared for a swap after Russia accused Ukraine of sabotaging the trade course of.
In requesting the listing of Ukrainians from his Russian counterpart, Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets wrote on his Telegram messaging channel: “We are always ready to exchange prisoners of war!”
Kyiv and Moscow have continuously exchanged prisoners since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor in 2022. The final swap came about in mid-October with either side bringing house 95 prisoners.
On Saturday, Russian International Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mentioned that Ukraine was basically sabotaging the method and has refused to take again its personal residents.
Zakharova mentioned Russia’s defence ministry had supplied at hand over 935 Ukrainian prisoners of battle however that Ukraine had taken solely 279.
Lubinets, in flip, mentioned that Ukraine was at all times prepared to simply accept its residents and accused Russia of slowing down the trade course of.
Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova mentioned on Saturday that Ukraine has “politicised” the difficulty.
“We consider it necessary to return to a constructive dialogue and speed up the exchange of prisoners,” Moskalkova wrote on Telegram.
