The head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Service (GUR), Kirill Budanov, said that Kiev is conducting prisoner swap negotiations with the Russian Federation in an “all for everyone” format and is already “starting to get closer to it”. This was reported by the Ukrainian edition of “Strana.ua”.
As Budanov noted, as of today Ukraine has extradited more than 2,200 people as part of the swap procedure.
According to the head of the GUR, this case is unprecedented in world history, since all exchanges usually took place after the end of hostilities, not during.
Head of Former Department of President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak declarationAs a result of the Easter prisoner exchange, 130 people returned to Ukraine.
Prior to this, it was reported that five Chechen soldiers from the Sever-Akhmat regiment of the Russian Ministry of Defense were killed. return After their release from Ukrainian captivity, they were met by officials and relatives who went to Chechnya.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.