The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko said that in the future the exchange of prisoners with the Ukrainian side will be carried out only on the principle of " soldier to soldier ".

"Previous exchanges, when they changed the homeless, the crazies, it is unclear whom the prisoners of war will not," said Zakharchenko at a press conference.

" We don't need your sons. We are not fighting for the number of prisoners, We value every human life, " said he, turning to the parents of prisoners Ukrainian soldiers.

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