According to her, their exchange is being negotiated on the international level, as Russia announced that they are ready for the exchange only on parity terms.
“Here Russia demands parity: saying, state border guards [in exchange] for state border guards, marines for marines, and I have a logical question: who are we going to exchange for 14 mayors, who already are Russian hostages? Currently, we are resolving this issue on the international level,” TSN cites the official.
Recently the first official exchange of the captured took place. Ten Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers returned to Ukraine. They were exchanged for the same number of Russian soldiers captured during the combat in Ukraine.
Also, Ukraine was able to get 19 civilian sailors from captivity. This is the crew of the “Saphire” rescue boat, which the enemy captured during their attempt to evacuate our military members from the Zmiinyy island on the first day of the war. They were exchanged for 11 Russian civilian sailors.
Earlier, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, who Russians abducted on March 11, was exchanged for 9 Russian conscripts. He spent six days in captivity.