Kyiv initiates new round of negotiations on release of military personnel and civilians.
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Ukraine has officially submitted to Russia a list of approximately one thousand people intended to organize a prisoner exchange.
The list includes military personnel and civilians held by the Russian side. The move signals a resumption of humanitarian negotiations between the conflicting parties.
Prisoner exchanges remain one of the few areas where minimal cooperation is achieved between Kyiv and Moscow.
Ukraine has submitted to Russia a list of one thousand people — military personnel and civilians — to organize a new prisoner exchange. This means Kyiv is counting on one of the largest exchanges over the entire period of the conflict, if negotiations are successful.
Prisoner exchanges remain one of the few areas where Kyiv and Moscow manage to reach practical agreements even during the war. Successful completion of negotiations will affect the fate of thousands of families of Ukrainian military personnel and civilians awaiting the return of their loved ones from captivity.

Mehmet Yılmaz