Ombudsman: Negotiations on release of Mariupol defenders are difficult due to Russia's position
Kyiv • UNN
Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that negotiations on the release of Mariupol's defenders were difficult due to Russia's position. No Azov soldiers have been exchanged for more than a year.
Due to the position of the Russian Federation, negotiations on the release of Mariupol's defenders are being held with maximum difficulty. This was stated by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets during a telethon, a correspondent of UNN reports.
It is because of the position of the Russian Federation that negotiations on the release of Mariupol's defenders are most difficult
Lubinets said that Ukraine would propose that the Russian side, with the mediation of Ukrainian international partners, agree to use the principle of justice in the exchange of prisoners. That is, whoever was captured earlier gets out earlier.
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Vladyslav Dutchak, an officer of the Azov National Guard regiment and former prisoner of war, with the call sign “Docent,” reported that for more than a year, since May 6, 2023 , no Azov soldiers have been exchanged. The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War emphasized that a cynical and mean battle is being waged by the Russians in the matter of negotiated prisoners and they deliberately do not give them up.
