Ukraine prepares new prisoner exchanges — GUR — News of Ukraine / NV
Ukraine constantly replenishes the “exchange fund” (Photo: GUR MO)
Ukraine is preparing for the next exchanges regarding the release of Ukrainian soldiers and prisoners.
The spokesman of the Main Directorate of Intelligence tells about it (GUR) Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov on national air telethon.
“The coordination headquarters is working on it. Therefore, without a break, after this exchange, after this return, preparations for the next exchanges are already underway in parallel. And as General Budanov said, we will return everyone,” Yusov said.
In a word, Ukraine has a sufficient “exchange fund”, which is constantly replenished.
“Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the east and south, in the Kharkiv and Kherson directions, are doing everything possible to actively replenish the exchange fund. And this process continues,” noted the representative of the HUR.
On the night of Thursday, September 22, it became known that Ukraine had returned from Russian captivity 215 defenders, of which 108 were Azov fighters. Border guards, policemen, marines, national guardsmen, TRO fighters and customs officers were also among those released.
Most of the prisoners were returned at the border with the Russian Federation in the Chernihiv region. Five commanders from Azovstal were exchanged in Turkey, where they remain until the end of the war under the personal guarantees of protection and security of President Recep Erdogan.
Ten foreign defenders of Ukraine were also released, including those illegally convicted by the group “DPR” to execution. They arrived in Saudi Arabia.
Five commanders of the Azovstal garrison were exchanged for 55 Russian soldiers, and in exchange for the rest, Ukraine gave Viktor Medvedchuk, a People’s Deputy and Putin’s godfather, to the aggressor country, accused of treason.