# Moscow ready to exchange over 220 convicted Ukrainians for Russians — rights commissioner

https://mins.news/en/item/20271

- TASS, 2026-08-12 13:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2171955

> Rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said Moscow is prepared to exchange more than 220 convicted Ukrainians for Russians. She added that the Russians involved include residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and Crimea. The proposal concerns a potential prisoner exchange involving people from those territories.

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