Prisoner exchange between Ukraine and the DPRDONETSK, Jan 31 Ombudsman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Daria Morozova suggested that more than 60 captured supporters of the DPR, who are wanted in prisons in the territory controlled by Kiev, are no longer alive. More than 60 of them were detained at the beginning of the conflict, but since 2015 Kiev has not responded to requests for them.The LPR announced the abduction of a serviceman by a sabotage group from Ukraine «At the same time, we have objective data confirming that these people were detained by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies or nationalist battalions … We have reason to believe that the detainees, about whom Ukraine does not provide information, no longer alive,» Morozova told reporters. She noted that the DPR had repeatedly sent its wanted list to the International Committee of the Red Cross with a request to clarify the whereabouts of people. However, this also did not bring results. «Today, more than 60 families continue to live with the pain of ignorance, considering the deprivation of liberty of their loved ones as the best possible scenario … In the current circumstances, we regard Ukraine's silence as an attempt to hide the traces of their war crimes,» Morozova said. 
Ukrainian saboteurs abducted an employee of the People's Militia, the LPR said. The first prisoner exchange in a long time took place in the Donbass on December 29, 2019. Kiev handed over 124 people to the DPR and LPR, Donetsk and Lugansk handed over 76 people to the Ukrainian authorities. After that, work began on the formation of new lists for the exchange of prisoners. In 2020, the exchange of prisoners between Kiev and the self-proclaimed republics took place on April 16. Kiev handed over 14 people, LPR and DPR — 20. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. in Donbass
