Ukrainian negotiators plan to negotiate the exchange of Russian prisoners of war for Mariupol defenders.
Mariupol defenders, who were intercepted in Azovstal, could be released by exchanging prisoners, believes the adviser to the head of the President’s Office Mikhail Podolyak. He spoke about it at the telethon on Saturday, April 23rd.
“In my opinion, there’s a single mechanism, when we’re there, there’s someone from the Russian side, and then we say it’s an exchange, for example. We provide a certain number of people, prisoners, and took our people, ”Podolyak said. .
He is confident that the Mariupol defenders will not relinquish their positions and lay down their weapons.
“Certainly they will not give up their weapons, they understand what symbolism is, what symbolism is for the Russian Federation. We offer, come, come with us men with weapons and we will take them and take in our territory, ”Podolyak said.
Recall that there were about 1,000 civilians in Mariupol at the Azovstal plant. But Russian troops opened the corridor only for the surrender of the Ukrainian military.
Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin canceled the attack on Azovstal.
British intelligence believes Putin ordered not to storm, but to block the plant along with Mariupol defenders to move part of the Russian troops from the city in another direction.
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Source: korrespondent
