Ukraine returned the first military group at 25, most of which have been in Russian captivity since 2022.
On June 9, a second major exchange of war prisoners began. Ukraine returned the first military group at 25, most of which have been in Russian captivity since 2022. The exchange of prisoners, according to Vladimir Zelensky, will last more than a day.
Sergeants and ordinary
Among the liberates were the warriors of the armed forces of Ukraine, especially the Naval forces, the land forces, the territorial defense forces, the wind forces, the landing forces and ranges, the National Guard, the state border guard and the state’s special transportation service. All of these are representatives of ordinary and sergeant compositions.
Among those liberated there are also Mariupol defenders, which have been captured for more than three years. Most of the returns have been captured since 2022, some from the early days of the entire Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to authorized Verkhovna Rada in Human Rights Dmitry Lubinz, it was mainly about the Ukrainians-Mainly children in the 2000s.
He noted that the exchange had to do with several categories of prisoners: young military personnel, severely injured and severely ill.
It is also noted that the 66th exchange of prisoners continues, and for security reasons the final release numbers will be made public after the entire operation is completed.
Sensitive details
“Today, the first phase of the Istanbul agreement has begun. There will be many stages in total – at least it is about this on the Russian side. The exchange must be injured, also seriously injured and people aged 25 years old work.
Istanbul Agreements
The agreement with a major exchange of war inmates was reached on June 2 in the second cycle of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul and became the main results of the meeting.
On May 25, the first major exchange of prisoners ended – at that time the biggest from the beginning of the Russian invasion. It has passed according to Formula 1000 by 1000, an agreement with it reached the first negotiations of Istanbul negotiations.
In addition to the exchange of war prisoners, Russia also offered to replace the bodies of dead troops in a format of 6,000 by 6000. Ukraine accepted this proposal.
On the weekend, on June 7-8, the Russian military asked to retrieve the first group of bodies, announcing journalists brought to the Bryansk region claiming Kyiv refused to accept the dead fighters of Ukraine’s armed forces. Medinsky also argued that the Ukrainian side “for an uncertain period” moved the exchange of war prisoners and the bodies of the dead. Ukraine’s headquarters on issues of war prisoners on Saturday reported that the exchange of dead bodies between Ukraine and Russia, agreed with the final revocation of Istanbul negotiations, was moved next week.
“Instead of the uniform implementation of the agreed algorithm, Russia’s side has performed unilateral actions that are not agreed on the framework of the combined process,” the statement said.
On June 4, the President of the Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that after the exchange of prisoners, the bodies would probably take place.
Source: korrespondent
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