The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, announced that the lists for the exchange of prisoners of war with Russia in the format "1000 for 1000" include servicemen from all components of the Defense Forces, including "Azov" fighters, as well as civilians. Umerov announced this during a meeting with journalists, reports UNN.
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First of all, there are prisoners of war and civilians in this exchange at the moment. We work with all categories, with all components of the Defense Forces, so they are included. And we are working to complete the first stage. This is 1,000 people
The Minister of Defense also stressed that work is underway to release all categories of prisoners - from civilians to prisoners of war, as well as political prisoners.
Addition
Minister of Defense Umerov stated that today Ukraine has started the first step of exchanging prisoners of war with Russia, and the next two days will see more exchanges.
Ukraine carried out an exchange of prisoners of war and returned 390 people. According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the exchange will be continued this weekend, as agreed in Turkey.