Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, has discussed mechanisms for implementing a future prisoner exchange with Russian ombudswoman Yana Lantratova and received confirmation that it would involve at least 1,000 people.
Ukrinform reports this, citing a post by Lubinets on Telegram.
“After information emerged about the possibility of an exchange, I immediately contacted Yana Lantratova to discuss the next steps for implementing it. In response, I received confirmation that at least 1,000 people are involved. At the same time, efforts must continue to make this number as large as possible,” Lubinets said.
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According to him, the Ukrainian side made clear that those returned must include both prisoners of war and Ukrainian civilians who have been unlawfully detained.
As Ukrinform previously reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine was counting on a large-scale prisoner exchange that could see more than 1,000 people released on each side.