The Russians ignored Ukraine's initiative regarding the exchange of prisoners of war who are Muslims and Catholics.
This was reported by the Human Rights Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets.
"Tomorrow, Muslims around the world will celebrate the end of fasting - Eid al-Fitr. In addition, on March 31, Catholics celebrated Easter. On this occasion, Ukraine initiated the exchange of prisoners of war who are Muslims and Catholics," Lubinets said.
The Ombudsman announced that Ukraine proposed an exchange formula of 1 to 4, in which the number of prisoners returned to Russia would exceed the number returned to the Ukrainian side.
He also noted that the list proposed by Ukraine for exchange with the Russian side includes 1 Catholic and 146 Muslims.
"However, the proposed lists were ignored by Russia. As we can see, even the message from the Pope did not motivate the Russians to carry out the exchange, neither under the 'all for all' formula nor under any other conditions. Despite such unreasonable behavior by the Russian side, Ukraine expresses its readiness to carry out the exchange under the 'all for all' formula on the occasion of Orthodox Easter," Lubinets emphasized.
The Ombudsman stated that this proposal has already been sent to the Russian side.
"I also join it, and I will additionally appeal to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova," he concluded.
