KYIV: Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War denied Russia's claim that Kyiv is delaying a prisoner exchange agreed on Monday. "Today's statements by the Russian side do not reflect the reality and previously reached agreements," the agency said in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement, Ukraine has handed over to Russia the list of prisoners designated for the exchange, including those seriously wounded and ill. However, Russia has submitted different lists that "do not meet" the agreed parameters of the swap. The agency said Ukraine has given Russia relevant comments and the next move is expected from the Russian side. Earlier Saturday, Russia accused Ukraine of indefinitely delaying a planned swap of prisoners and the handover of fallen soldiers' bodies, Xinhua news agency reported. Russia said Ukraine unexpectedly postponed a transfer involving prisoners of war and the bodies of dead soldiers, leaving more than 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point with no one to collect them. (IANS)
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