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On the morning of April 16, another POW exchange began between Donbas and Ukraine-controlled militants. Nine prisoners from the occupied Donetsk region have already returned to their homeland, another 10 have to return from the occupied Lugansk region.
In total, during the Easter exchange, Ukraine will return 19 of its captive citizens to the temporarily occupied territories.
Interesting captive exchange for Easter: what is the advantage of Ukraine?
Due to the fact that COVID-19 cases have been registered in the occupied territories and the occupation authorities do not provide precise information on the extent of its dissemination, all freed Ukrainian citizens must undergo mandatory observation.
Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmila Denisova has previously stated that some of the Ukrainian prisoners held in Russian prisons have symptoms of a coronavirus. In particular, there is talk of a possible COVID-19 infection in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.
Denisova also said on her Facebook page that she was among those released. Viktor Shaidov – Armed Forces, in captivity since 2019.
What is known about the Easter prisoner exchange
- On April 2, pro-Russian militants in the Donbass offered the Ukrainian authorities lists of the people who were arrested, whom they were ready to release in the exchange. Both lists, separate from the Lugansk and Donetsk militants, together include only 19 people.
- April 8 A tripartite contractual group held a video conference during which the parties reached a basic agreement on the lists for the mutual release of detainees, and on a date not after Easter, that is, on April 19.
- The lists prepared for the exchange of prisoners at Easter do not include those from Crimea.
Pay attention! A new prisoner exchange had previously been agreed at a Norman meeting in December 2019. Then Ukraine and Russia decided to exchange prisoners in the “all for all” format until the next meeting.
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