Over half of Azov fighters returned to Ukraine, official says

Over half of Azov fighters returned to Ukraine, official says

A total of 1,279 of the approximately 2,500 Azov fighters held in Russian captivity as POWs have been returned to Ukraine since being captured, including 455 from the Azov Brigade, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on May 28.The confirmed statistic, which includes soldiers in multiple units who fought to defend the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol, comes amid social media outcry…

24 Azov Members Have Been Sentenced In Russia

More than two dozen members of the Azov group have been sentenced to long prison terms in Russia. Some of the convicted were captured, others were detained at different times while trying to leave the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

Among those released, 455 Azov fighters, the Deputy Chief of the Coordination Staff for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Andrei Yousov, stated