Russians call relatives on the phone and say: “We are ready to give, but Ukraine does not want to take.” Dmitry Lubinets assures that this is not true.
Russia is trying to use relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war to spread discontent in Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said this at a telethon, Ukrinform reports.
“The Russians want to use the relatives of prisoners of war against Ukraine, against the power of the Ukrainian state. We have systematic facts that the Russians call relatives and say: “We are ready give, but Ukraine does not want to take.” is not true. They invite relatives to come to rallies, block roads, administrative buildings. Or, for example, we have facts when relatives son was forced to photograph the deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, critical infrastructure facilities and hand them over,” the ombudsman said.
Lubinets explained that such conversations with relatives of prisoners are part of a hybrid war, and thanked everyone who provides Ukraine with information about such facts.
It was also reported that the Ukrainian paramedic and volunteer Yulia Paevskaya (“Tayra”), who was released from Russian captivity last year, also reported on the manipulative actions of the Russians: the Russians assured the families of prisoner of war from Ukraine allegedly committed by Ukraine. unwilling to exchange soldiers for the exchange of officers only.
“In this way they try to fight between relatives of prisoners of war,” said Paevskaya.
Let’s recall that Dmitry Lubinets criticized the UN and ICRC’s reaction to Russia’s war crimes. Ukraine provided a verified video recording to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations, which recorded the use of Ukrainian prisoners of war as “human shields” on the line of engagement. contact, but received no response.
Source: korrespondent
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