390 The Ukrainians returned from Russia’s captivity, then the first part of a large exchange, agreed with direct communication with Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.
The exchange in the “1000 per 1000” format is the only specific step toward the world that the Russian and Ukrainian delegation has set up on May 16 in the first negotiations in Turkey since the spring of 2022. Of exchange, “said the exchange of exchanges,” said the continuation of Zelensky.
Details of the exchange
The headquarters of coordination added belonging to the liberated – 270 military and 120 civilians. It is also known that the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned, especially the Navy (Naval Forces), DSHV (Landing and Navigation Forces), Territorial Defense Forces, as well as the National Guard and State Border Service.
The department mentioned that among the released on May 23 – three women and 387 men. The chief of coordination mentioned that he did not stop the work and in the near future was prepared for the meeting of the second group of released captives in Ukrainian.
The Ukraine Rustem Umarov’s defense minister wrote that the exchange lists were formed in accordance with the only criterion – to save life.
“This is the result of a clear coordination of all the institutions that worked on behalf of the President of Ukraine. All the major bodies responsible for preparing for the exchange act as a single team – with a goal: to restore our people home soon,” the defense minister added.
The liberated military participated in battles with Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkov direction, and also defended the regions of Chernihiv, Sumy and Kyiv.
The President thanked the entire team involved in the implementation of the exchange, as well as Ukrainian soldiers who created a “exchange fund”, which prevented Russia’s military, saboteurs and cooperation.
“We will definitely bring back everything. Each of our citizens, every Ukrainian military and civilian, all Ukrainian hostages they hold in Russia,” Zelensky emphasized.
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Although Trump said
The first to begin the exchange process on Friday was announced by US President Donald Trump. “He will enter the force in the near future. I congratulate both sides with these negotiations. It can lead to something big ???” He wrote in the social truth.
On the eve of May 22, Moscow and Kyiv reported that they had given each of the prisoners to replace it, and also confirmed their receipt. Past exchanges of prisoners occurred through the United Arab Emirates. The latter of them took place on May 6. Each of the parties returned 205 people home.
Given to the Russians
As part of the exchange, Alexander Tarnashinsky was sent to Russia -with -mars by Kuma Vladimir Putin and the leader of the forbidden Opzh Viktor Medvedchuk.
In addition, an aggression was sent to a former Cabinet employee of Ukraine Vasily mehed ministers, convicted in 2023 for spy in favor of Russia, as well as USBU’s ex-employees in Lugansk Vitaly Vasiliev, who helped militants from the LPR group to recruit employees of the Ukrainian intelligence service employees.
Tarnashinsky, one of the Ukrainian selection organization organized organization, according to the SBU, according to Russia’s special services, is engaged in the preparation of a coup in Ukraine, which must take place at the same time throughout the Russian invasive. He was imprisoned by law enforcement officials in May 2022. In 2023, the court punished Tarnashinsky for 5 years in prison.
For many years Vasily Moched has worked for years as a senior referent of writing and monitoring the activities of Ukraine’s Prime Minister. In 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The court found him guilty that from 2007 to 2022 (with a five -year -old rest from 2010 to 2015), a man for a financial reward has shifted Russia’s FSB to the Ukrainian government documents, containing vultures of “secret” and “for official use”. Moched, in particular, personally met with FSB officials, awarded him to the Pseudonym Grigory, and also released a phone and a camera to send information.
Vitaliy Vasiliev, according to the project, wanted to be my own, in 2020 I received the LPR passport and went to Lugansk, where he gave the job representative “authority” the SBU employee’s contacts, which, in turn, provided information about 14 employees of Ukrainian Intelligence Services for recruitment. For this he was punished for 5 years in prison.
Source: korrespondent
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