“Behind this day is a tremendous three-year work of a large number of people. After the conversation between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, took place on July 11, for the first time we felt constructive, and the mutual dialogue began to get a clear outline, ”Moskalkova said on Rossiya 24.
According to her, the technical work was "very difficult", as some citizens did not have passports "for one reason or another."
“I had to do a lot of work to request all citizenship materials, apply for a passport, a certificate of return, determine the legal status of these people,” she added.
Earlier, the special board of the Rossiya detachment, which flew out of Kiev as part of the exchange of retained persons between Ukraine and Russia, landed in Moscow.
Also, a special board with returning citizens of Ukraine landed at the Boryspil airport.
The Kremlin called the exchange between Russia and Ukraine held. As the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted, “it is necessary to maintain this attitude to solve problems, rather than aggravate them.”