MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) human rights ombudsperson Daria Morozova has said that at least 1,354 people are held as prisoners by Ukraine.

The real number may be much higher, Morozova said. "For now, a total of 1,354 people are officialy registered as prisoners in Ukraine. There are separate lists of people who went missing. We don’t know anything about these people, there are 480 of them," Donetsk News Agency quoted the ombudsperson as saying.

Earlier today the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics exchanged prisoners with Kiev in the "9 for 11" format.

Morozova said she talked to the exchanged prisoners. They said that "there are thousands of people in SBU [Ukrainian State Service] basements whom Ukrainian side does not register as prisoners."

According to Kiev, self-defense forces hold 148 Ukrainian servicemen prisoner. The number was confirmed on October 16 by advisor to SBU head Yury Tandit.