Budanov Reveals Details Of 1000 For 1000 Prisoner Exchange

It could happen next week.

The head of the Defense Ministry's GUR, Kirill Budanov, hopes that a large-scale prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia will take place as early as next week.

As RBC-Ukraine reports, Budanov said this on the air of a national telethon.

According to him, the Ukrainian side is already working on lists of those who can be returned during a possible exchange.

"I hope it will happen next week. According to the lists there will be an exchange, who we can take away, we will take away. And we will also give them back," Budanov said.

The head of the GUR was also asked whether he sees real prospects for a possible exchange.

"I don't see any special problems for this," Budanov replied.

Prisoner exchange "1000 for 1000"

We recall that on May 16, negotiations between representatives of Ukraine and Russia were held in Istanbul. For more than an hour, the sides discussed issues related to ending the war.

After the meeting, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who led the Ukrainian delegation, said that the sides were considering the possibility of exchanging prisoners according to the 1000-by-1000 formula.

The Russian side confirmed this later.

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