An exchange is planned according to the “90-90” formula with the assistance of the UAE.
According to Bloomberg, on Wednesday the United Arab Emirates between Ukraine and Russia There will be an exchange of prisoners. 90 Ukrainian defenders should be returned home.
Journalists believed that this could be the sixth time that a country from the Arabian Peninsula will act as a mediator for negotiations on the release of prisoners. The total number of military personnel exchanged as a result of the involvement of the UAE could be 1,400.
Bloomberg believes that the exchange will finally signal the closure of the issue of the downing of a Russian military transport plane in the Belgorod region in January. Then the Kremlin said that there were Ukrainian prisoners on board, but this information was not confirmed in Kyiv.