The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's Republic handed over the list of prisoners the special representative of Kiev in the negotiations on the Donbass Viktor Medvedchuk, in which 45 people, 17 of whom are ready for the exchange, said on the last working day of the week the head of the delegation of the DND on Minsk talks Denis Putilin.

"We exchanged lists of prisoners with the official representative of Ukraine Victor Medvedchuk. Now within the DPR and LPR are 45 prisoners of war " - quoted him.

Pushilin said that the DPR contains 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 12 of which are prepared for the exchange, and 28 are under investigation, whereas all five prisoners in the LPR are ready for transfer to the Ukrainian party.

on Wednesday, the Advisor to the head of the security service of Ukraine Yury Tandit said that the security service in Minsk has provided a list of 183 of Ukrainian prisoners. The DND Ombudsman Darya Morozova at the end of July, said that Kiev overstates the numbers on their prisoners of war.

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