Peskov speaks of problems in prisoner exchange between Ukraine and separatist republics
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has spoken of issues in the exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and the two unrecognized republics, the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). "There are many problems that complicate the exchange itself," TASS reports.
“The leaders of the unrecognized republics, [while] agreeing in general with this initiative (by Medvedchuk), noted that all details of the exchange with Kyiv still need to be agreed upon. And the situation has been very difficult here for a long time,” said Peskov.
According to Peskov, Kyiv "keeps many detainees under the status of especially serious crimes, which, under the laws of Ukraine, is not subject to amnesty", and the Ukrainian government "puts a variety of individuals under this category."
“Therefore, there are a lot of problems here," Putin's Press Secretary noted.
The leaders of the LPR and the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, had agreed earlier to a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.