RF is blocking a large-scale 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange despite agreements - Lubinets

The Russians are stalling the "1000 for 1000" exchange process, despite the agreements reached. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets.

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Sometimes I am simply amazed at how cynically they act. On the one hand, they block the process; on the other hand, they enter the public space and claim that it is Ukraine that refuses to take its people back. The latest example is when we worked out, through mediators—the United States and the United Arab Emirates—a full agreement to conduct a thousand-for-thousand exchange,

Lubinets added: Ukraine does everything in advance. In particular, lists of the severely wounded, the seriously ill, and those held in captivity the longest are handed over.

Technical details are being discussed. We are ready to do this in one day, and we have demonstrated this repeatedly. Then there is a pause, and then representatives of the Russian Federation go public and say that Ukraine refused the exchange,

Dmytro Lubinets also stated that there are clear priorities in the exchange process: first and foremost, the return of the severely wounded and seriously ill. The second priority is that those who have been in captivity the longest should return the fastest.

At the same time, it is unknown whom the Russians will actually bring, as there is no logic in their actions, the Ombudsman added.

The Russians are constantly playing on the emotions of our citizens, constantly blaming Ukraine. This is, you know, a constant PSYOP against our state using the element of Ukrainian prisoners of war,

Recall

The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported 695 documented forms of Russian torture against prisoners. They are strangled, beaten, shocked with tasers, set upon by dogs, and forced to stand in one place for 18 hours.