“Some of the Ukrainian servicemen turned to us with a statement about the refusal to include them in the list for an exchange with the state of Ukraine,” Serdyukova wrote in her Telegram channel.

According to her, these servicemen asked to be given the opportunity to stay in the LPR.

She noted that there are about 1.4 thousand Ukrainian prisoners of war on the territory of the republic.

Earlier, the Ombudsman of the Donetsk People's Republic, Daria Morozova, said that nine DPR fighters and a priest were released during an exchange with the Kyiv regime.