23 Ukrainians, who are considered dead, are alive - Ukrainian Ombudsman after meeting with Russian counterpart 

This was reported by the Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets during a TV marathon.

"For the first time, the Russian side came with proposals that we had previously discussed. There is no breakthrough, but at least technical work has begun. We are exchanging lists and information. We are working on missing persons separately. There are already positive cases where our citizens and heroes, who were considered dead, were confirmed alive by the Russian side, 23 of our guys. This is a huge positive," Lubinets said.

He added on his Telegram channel that they discussed the issue of civilians who have been held captive in Russia since 2014.

"There is a list of people who have been in captivity since 2014, there is a list of "prisoners of the Kremlin," 158 citizens of Ukraine, most of whom are representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. For the first time, the Russian side agreed to accept the lists and, having worked through them, to provide information on where these people are, and in what condition they are. We also discussed various options for their return."

On January 12, Dmytro Lubinets reported on the third round of negotiations with his Russian counterpart Tatiana Moskalkova:

"The third round of negotiations with the Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova took place! We discussed a wide range of issues related primarily to the protection of civilians."

Text of the Telegram post:

The third round of negotiations with the Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has taken place!

We discussed a wide range of issues related primarily to the protection of civilians.

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