The situation in the Kursk region forced Russia to take the initiative on the issue of prisoner exchange, which it had not done before.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets spoke with Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova regarding the exchange of prisoners against the backdrop of the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region. Lubinets announced this on Wednesday, November 14, in a telethon.
“Regarding the conversation with the Russian side, I can speak for myself to suspend some exchanges .. We are now exchanging information I also inform the ICRC and the UN that the rights of prisoners of war Russian protects, we monitor this situation and at any time Ukraine is ready to continue the exchange processes on the basis of the Geneva Convention. Again, we have priority categories that we are ready to exchange, first of all, it is seriously injured. , secondly, the Ukrainian women, and all those remaining in captivity.
He also added that the situation in the Kursk region forced Russia to take the initiative on the issue of prisoner exchange, which it had not done before.
“I don’t know how this situation will end, but the Ukrainian side is always ready to conduct exchange processes,” said Lubinets.
Let’s recall that even in the first days of the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, President Vladimir Zelensky announced the effective replenishment of the “exchange fund.”
It was also reported that the Ukrainian military, during the operation in the Kursk region, encountered an unexpected problem – too many captured Russians.
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