Ukraine and Russia have started preliminary talks to prepare an exchange of prisoners of war who were captured in Kursk Region, the British newspaper Financial Times (FT) has reported.
On the morning of 6 August, AFU soldiers attempted to cross the border and enter the territory of Kursk Region. The Russian Defence Ministry said that about 300 Ukrainian soldiers attacked the positions of Russian troops near the settlements of Oleshnya and Nikolayevo-Daryino.
According to the British newspaper, Moscow and Kiev have started preparations for a possible prisoner exchange. The negotiations were initiated by the Russian side, which would like to bring home captured Russian Armed Forces soldiers.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported on the evening of 14 August that his Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova had contacted him to start talks on a prisoner-of-war exchange, the FT notes.
The Ukrainian side does not disclose the exact number of captured Russian servicemen.
We shall remind you that earlier the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, proposed a Russian version of the “peace formula” in Ukraine. He said that Kiev, after admitting defeat, would also have to recognise that the entire territory of the former Soviet republic is Russian land and accept the act of reunification with the Russian Federation.