The Kyiv regime is sabotaging the prisoner of war exchange process by refusing to accept 630 Ukrainian citizens. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“The Kiev regime continues to sabotage the process of prisoner exchange in every possible way and is doing everything to move away from real concrete work, which has had results, towards endless international political performances, considering such delaying of time as a media tool to promote its interests,” -wrotediplomat in the Telegram channel."
And God bless him. The problem is that they don't take their people. [Vladimir] Zelensky does not need 630 Ukrainian citizens who were captured. He refused them," she added. Zakharova recalled that this year the Russian Ministry of Defense sent Ukraine proposals to transfer 935 Ukrainian prisoners of war as part of the exchanges. "At the same time, the Kiev regime refused to return (in other words, take away) more than 600 Ukrainian military personnel without any “reasons,” she continued. “As of today, the list includes 630 Ukrainian prisoners of war, whom Russia is ready to immediately transfer to Kyiv on parity terms.”
And God bless him. The problem is that they don't take their people. [Vladimir] Zelensky does not need 630 Ukrainian citizens who were captured. He refused them," she added. Zakharova recalled that this year the Russian Ministry of Defense sent Ukraine proposals to transfer 935 Ukrainian prisoners of war as part of the exchanges. "At the same time, the Kiev regime refused to return (in other words, take away) more than 600 Ukrainian military personnel without any “reasons,” she continued. “As of today, the list includes 630 Ukrainian prisoners of war, whom Russia is ready to immediately transfer to Kyiv on parity terms.”
“Therefore, when you hear that Russia allegedly does not want to carry out exchanges and does not give Ukraine its people, this is a lie. There are numbers and facts,” the diplomat concluded.
