US EditionDesperate to get its illegally detained civilians out of Russia, Kyiv offers Ukrainian collaborators in exchange
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Desperate to get its illegally detained civilians out of Russia, Kyiv offers Ukrainian collaborators in exchange
Ukraine sent dozens of its own citizens to Russia last month, releasing them from prisons in an attempt to secure the release of dozens of Ukrainian civilians held illegally in Russian jails – a move described by human rights activists as desperate and worrying
Ukraine and Russia conducted a large-scale exchange of 1,000-per-1,000 prisoners from 23 to 25 May, in particular 880 prisoners of war and 120 civilian hostages returned to Ukraine, and several activists and organizations immediately criticized the process, in particular none of the returning civilians who had been detained by Russia for eight years, nor were they released from the list maintained by the Kremlin Political Prisoners ' Union.
“Chapter” tells about those convicted of crimes against the foundations of national security, who were supposed to get into the first big exchange of “1000 for 1000”
Ukrainian authorities say up to 16,000 Ukrainian civilians may be held in Russian prisons, captured by the occupying forces. Families of those held captive fear that despite progress in peace talks, their relatives could be left out of the deal. No one is talking about civilians being allowed to return home in the event of a ceasefire, Yulia Hripun, whose father was kidnapped from a village near Kiev early in the war, told the BBC. Yulia and oth…
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