Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office, said that 130 people returned to Ukraine after the Easter prisoner exchange. He announced this on his Telegram channel.
It is stated that among the extradited prisoners are soldiers, border guards, representatives of the National Guard, sailors and employees of the State Special Transport Service. According to Yermak, privates and sergeants captured in the directions of Bakhmut (Artyomovsky), Soledarsky, Zaporozhye and Kherson are returning to Ukraine.
“The essence of this holiday is hope. This is exactly what the relatives of the prisoners who have been waiting for them for a long time felt, ”the message reads.
April 16, head of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin instructed Transport a large number of Ukrainian POWs to Ukraine.
Earlier, it was reported that five Chechen soldiers from the Sever-Akhmat regiment of the Russian Ministry of Defense were killed. return They were met by officials and relatives who went to Chechnya after being released from Ukrainian captivity. It was noted that these soldiers were replaced by the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.