Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Russian officials on whether they have considered releasing Ukrainian prisoners of war.

We regularly use our public communications and position in multilateral fora, such as the UN and the OSCE, to call on Russia to release Ukrainian political prisoners detained in Crimea and Russia.

We strongly support the objective of the International Crimea Platform to unite efforts aimed at achieving the immediate and unconditional release of Ukrainian citizens detained or convicted for political reasons.