FT: Ukraine, Russia negotiate exchange of prisoners in Kursk region
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Ukraine captures hundreds of Russian soldiers during an offensive in the Kursk region of Russia. Russia approaches Ukraine to discuss a prisoner exchange, and negotiations have already begun.
After Ukraine's offensive in the Kursk region, Russia initiated negotiations on the exchange of prisoners. This was reported by the Financial Times and UNN .
Details
It is noted that the negotiations began after more than a week of heavy fighting in the western Kursk region of Russia. As it is known, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets has already saidthat Russia has approached him to start discussing the exchange of prisoners of war.
Ukrainian military intelligence, which is negotiating prisoners of war, confirms to the Financial Times that it is working on an exchange
Kyiv does not disclose the exact number of Russian prisoners captured during the Kursk operation, but government officials and soldiers on the Kursk border told the FT that the number is in the "hundreds.
Among them are many young conscripts who were captured by Ukrainian forces at this early stage of Kyiv's stealthy invasion.
The publication reminds that earlier the Russian Federation threatened that Moscow might stop the exchange of prisoners. However, Lubinets said that his conversation with his Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova gave him hope that the negotiations would continue.
We have priority categories that we are ready to exchange. First of all, these are the severely wounded. Secondly, Ukrainian women, and thirdly, all those who remained in captivity
Addendum
Speaking to the FT, a representative of Ukraine's Internal Security Service said that SBU special forces alone had captured 102 Russian soldiers from the 488th Motorized Rifle Regiment and the Chechen Akhmat unit in Kursk Oblast.
This is the largest capture of the enemy that was carried out at one time
Recall
Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak said that Ukraine is not interested in occupying the border regions of Russia, including the Kursk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are performing tasks related to ensuring security around Ukraine's borders.
