At the moment, in the territory of Lugansk region, 1,407 Ukrainian citizens who are not under Ukrainian control are convicted, who live there. About this on Wednesday morning, January 3. in the air of one of the Ukrainian TV channels, Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Georgy Tuka.

At the same time, he said, he believes that this issue should be raised to the international level, since Ukrainian citizens must answer exclusively under Ukrainian legislation.

Recall, the first meeting in Minsk on a new exchange of prisoners will be held on January 10.

As reported URA-Inform, December 27, 73 hostages were released from captivity.

The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Valeriya Lutkovskaya says that new negotiations on the exchange of hostages can be completed in the near future and with a high probability of being completed successfully.