Russia has stopped exchanging POWs because it wants Ukrainian families to think their country is abandoning their loved ones, official says

• Russia has stopped prisoner of war swaps since August, a Ukrainian official said.
• It wants Ukrainian families to think their country has left loved ones behind, Dmytro Lubinets said.
• Ukraine will "fight" to bring back every single one of them, the human rights ombudsman said.

Russia has stopped exchanging prisoners of war with Ukraine because it wants Ukrainian families to think their country is not doing anything to bring their loved ones back home, an official said.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, made the claim in a Telegram post on Thursday.