DONETSK. April 30 (Interfax) - Ukraine refused to provide written documents in relation to an exchange of captives at the latest Minsk meeting on April 24, human rights commissioner of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Darya Morozova told the press.
"Not so far; we have achieved nothing in Minsk, and have failed to discuss the lists. We have not seen any written documents, and such issues are crucial. We will be unable to reach consensus unless we understand the intentions of the Ukrainian side," Morozova said.
Questions must be answered, and the sides must exchange written documents spelling out their stance on the agenda, she said.
"The DPR did so a long time ago, unlike Ukraine. We were supposed to discuss the lists afterwards. This must be done in the near future in order to complete the second stage of the exchange," Morozova said.
The humanitarian sub-group of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine (TCG) will not meet in Minsk on May 22, she said.
"The humanitarian sub-group cannot meet on May 22 for technical reasons. We are likely to have a Skype conference in the middle of May," Morozova said.
The next TCG meeting is due in Minsk on May 22. The humanitarian sub-group deals with the exchange of captives.
Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 27 he was ready for talks on a settlement in Donbas but opposed the language of threats.
"Mutual exchange of our citizens in the 'all for all' format should be concrete confirmation of this readiness. Without any exceptions. We, for our part, are ready to discuss new conditions of co-existence between Ukraine and Russia. With the understanding that real normalization will only take place after full de-occupation. Both of Donbas and Crimea. Ukraine doesn't give up! In every sense," Zelensky said.
The self-proclaimed Donbas republics confirmed their readiness to discuss the swap of captives but said they were waiting for the inauguration of the next Ukrainian president.
"We, for our part, repeatedly confirmed readiness to discuss the conditions of exchange in the Minsk process, we have sent lists of prisoners and now remain open to dialogue. However, we see only statements and slogans from Kyiv, instead of real actions," Olga Kobtseva, the Luhansk People's Republic's human rights commissioner, told Interfax on Sunday.
Hopes for intensification of the negotiation process on prisoner exchange remain, but until now Kyiv has only lowered its level of representation at the talks of the humanitarian subgroup in Minsk, Kobtseva said.
A source from the Council of Ministers of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), in turn, said Zelensky currently does not have the powers to directly influence the talks.
"It's a good initiative, but Zelensky does not have relevant powers until he takes office. It's hard to say what actions he will take after his inauguration," the source said.
Zelensky may be inaugurated in late May.