Vladimir Medinsky has accused Ukraine of derailing prisoner swap efforts Ukraine is refusing to take back a thousand of its soldiers presently held by Russia, Moscow’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky has confirmed. RT on Wednesday launched a website , which lists details of 1,000 Ukrainian POWs who claim they have been abandoned by Vladimir Zelensky’s administration. In a Telegram post on Wednesday, the Russian presidential aide accused Kiev of stalling the exchange process. ” A thousand