Türkiye teases massive Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap

Russian and Ukrainian officials have compiled lists for a potential prisoner swap involving some 1,000 people, according to Türkiye, which hosted talks between the two nations last week.

Details of the initiative were shared by Seref Malkoc, Türkiye’s chief ombudsman for human rights, during a press conference on Monday.

“The Ukrainian ombudsman gave a list of 800 people to the Russian side at the meeting where I was present. The Russian ombudsman gave a list of 200 people to the Ukrainian ombudsman,” he said, as quoted by Turkish media.