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Mykolaj Suchy

Research Analyst at KI Insights

Mykolaj works as a Research Analyst at KI Insights. Previously, Mykolaj worked as a consultant in Deloitte’s Government and Public Sector Practice in Washington DC and has experience advising US federal and state agencies. Mykolaj holds a BA in History and Global Affairs from Yale University and was a scholar at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

Articles

Chaos to coordination: The evolution of POW swaps in the Russia-Ukraine war

by Mykolaj Suchy
The nature, size, and political significance of prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia have evolved significantly over the three and a half years of the full-scale war, accelerating sharply in recent weeks. While ceasefire and peace negotiations have gone through periods of halts and bursts, increasingly institutionalized prisoner exchanges are one of the few enduring areas of direct cooperation between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. On average, Ukraine and Russia exchanged 135 pri