In Kyiv, announced the first "full-fledged" exchange of prisoners with Russia
The situation with Russian and Ukrainian prisoners is slowly beginning to clear up, today there was another, second or third exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.
In Kyiv, they said that today, on March 24, there was another exchange of prisoners according to the formula 10 for 10, which the Kiev authorities called "full-fledged". He received such a definition due to the fact that for the first time there was an exchange of military personnel for military personnel, and not military for civilians. Recall that earlier it was reported about the exchange of nine Russian soldiers for one mayor of Melitopol.
- said Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk.
In addition to the exchange of military personnel, there was an exchange of civilians, in which Kyiv transferred 11 civilian sailors to Moscow, receiving in return 19 from the Sapphire rescue vessel located in Sevastopol. There is no official confirmation from the Russian Ministry of Defense, and it is unlikely that the military will disclose such information. The most likely option is that the figures will be given during some briefing.
Earlier there was information that Russian negotiators have a hard time negotiating with the Ukrainian side on the exchange of prisoners, since most of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not at all strive to return to the territory controlled by Kiev, where they will immediately be sent to fight. Better to sit out in captivity than back in the trenches.
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