Skip to main content

Zelensky, we are working on a new exchange of prisoners

(ANSA) - MOSCOW, SEPTEMBER 13 - Ukraine is working on another possible exchange of prisoners with Russia: Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said during the Yalta European Strategy forum in Kyiv. "Now - he explained - we are preparing new lists and we are waiting for a new phase of the exchange. We will talk about it in Minsk at the Normandy Quartet summit". Zelensky is expecting a new summit of leaders of the Normandy Quartet (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and France) on the Ukrainian crisis by the end of the month, the president said. Tass and Interfax news agencies reported. On September 7, Moscow and Kyiv exchanged about 70 prisoners, 35 on each side. Many analysts believe this exchange is a first step in resuming dialogue. Relations between Russia and Ukraine deteriorated after Russia has occupied Crimea in 2014 and war has begun in Donbas, where the Kremlin militarily supports separatists. (ANSA).