Prisoner exchanges stopped after August 2023 because Russia declined to continue them.
Unresolvable Claimed by Government of Ukraine on 30 November 2023.
The statement
Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said prisoner exchanges were not taking place because Russia did not want them, and accused Moscow of telling its public that Ukraine was doing nothing to bring its soldiers home.
- Origin of the claim The Moscow Times
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2023-11-30) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-5vck, reported by Babel, shows no exchange took place between 7 August 2023 and January 2024, and ev-20261027-ep0n records the resumption on 3 January. The record does not show which side halted the exchanges or why. |
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The War Record, claim cl-20261027-dyar, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-dyar/