The number of Azov fighters, released in the outline of the exchanges, reached 455 people, explained the representative of major intelligence director Andrei Yusov.
Ukraine has managed to free more than half of the Azovstali Garrison – 1279 Ukrainian defenders from Russian captivity. About it in the wind Liberty Radio Representative of the main director of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrei Yusov said.
“In total, about 2500 defenders from different departments have been withdrawn or evacuated from AzovStal. Of these, 1279 has been restored from captivity. That is, more than half of the Azovstali garrison has been released from Russia’s captivity,” he explained.
According to him, 455 Azov warriors were also released from them as part of the chaos of the headquarters of coordination with the issues of treating war inmates.
“And this, if we talk about statistics compared to other units, are good numbers, even though I understand that statistics are not replacing their relatives for specific families,” he said.
Yusov added that Ukraine managed to release war prisoners of units and units that did not fall on the lists.
“During this exchange, it is possible to restore representatives of 46 units from Russia’s captivity, which for the first time during the entire aggression, they managed to restore people from the captivity of military personnel,” the GUR representative.
The question of the unpleasantness of Azov’s command by the absence of warriors of living on USOV exchange lists refused to comment, calling for “emotional” statements.
“Our prisoners are in the hands of Putin, and not here in Ukraine. And the Russian intelligence agencies, who are engaged in the theme of exchanges, use the topics of prisoners at their discretion against the war against Ukraine. Taken in a separate development with subsequent use in order to worsen the situation in Ukraine, complicating the return of the return and other prisoners of other prisoners.
As you know, the first exchange occurred on May 23. Moscow and Kyiv were moved to 390 people – 270 military and 120 civilians. Today the second day of exchange has passed. At this time 307 defenders returned to Ukraine.
303 The military returned from Russian captivity
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