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The Guardian // World // Europe

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv and Moscow trade accusations over stalled PoW exchanges

Sunday 3rd November 2024, 1:21AM

Ukraine presses Russia for list of prisoners ready to be swapped after Moscow claims Kyiv refusing to take back its own citizens. What we know on day 984See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warKyiv has called on Moscow to provide a list of Ukrainian prisoners of war ready for a swap after Russia accused Ukraine of sabotaging the exchange process. In requesting the list of Ukrainians from his Russian counterpart on Sunday, the Ukrainian human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, wrote online: “We are always ready to exchange prisoners of war!” On Saturday, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Ukraine was essentially sabotaging the process and had refused to take back its own citizens. She said Russia’s defence ministry had offered to hand over 935 Ukrainian PoWs but that Ukraine had taken only 279. Lubinets, in turn, said Ukraine was always ready to accept its citizens and accused Russia of slowing down the exchange process. Kyiv and Moscow’s last PoW exchange took place in mid-October, with each side bringing home 95 prisoners.Ukraine’s air defence units were trying to repel a Russian air attack on Kyiv late on Saturday, the mayor said. “There was an explosion in the suburbs of Kyiv,” Vitali Klitschko said. “Air defence forces operating in the capital and its region. Stay in shelters!” Russia earlier targeted the capital with a drone attack that lasted to midday and wounded at least one person, city officials said. Debris from downed drones struck six city districts, wounding a police officer, damaging residential buildings and starting fires, according to city military administrator Serhiy Popko. A high-voltage line powering the capital and two distribution networks in the Kyiv region had been damaged, Ukraini

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