The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Moscow and Kyiv had already carried out two prisoner exchanges. Her comment was posted on site departments on Wednesday, March 23.
Zakharova stressed that Russia has recently been often accused of using refugees from Ukraine as another instrument of pressure, sending them to the European Union. She noted that in fact it is the Ukrainian authorities that do not allow the evacuation of citizens to the Russian Federation.
According to her, “the EU does not influence Kyiv in any way, so that Ukrainian nationalists do not hide behind civilians as a human shield and do not block their exit to Russia,” the website writes. kp.ru.
“Apparently, the recognition of these facts by the EU is fraught with the destruction of the false “picture” diligently created in the Western media, which distorts the true tasks and methods of the Russian special military operation,” Zakharova is quoted as saying. REGNUM.
Zakharova noted that the Russian Defense Ministry daily organizes humanitarian corridors for civilians in Ukraine and their evacuation from settlements, reports RT.
The diplomat also accused Ukraine of encouraging Internet terrorism. Commenting on the statement by the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Oleksandr Bornyakov on the creation of the “world’s first IT army” in Ukraine, Zakharova noted that Kyiv would recruit “the most notorious hackers” and “cyberswaders from all over the world” into such Internet troops, the channel notes. “360”.
On March 22, it became known that as a result of the first exchange of prisoners of war, nine Russian soldiers were released. According to Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, nine Russians were exchanged for Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov, clarifies NSN.
On March 21, Moskalkova said that the Russian side had transferred data on 500 captured Ukrainian soldiers to the International Committee of the Red Cross. They are ready to be exchanged for Russian servicemen, the website writes. aif.ru.
On March 17, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that Kyiv plans to create a structure for exchanging information with Russia about prisoners and those killed during the Russian special operation to protect Donbass. According to her, such a structure can be created through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). On the same day, the head of the Red Cross Committee, Peter Maurer, said that there was some progress in the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.
In mid-February, due to the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced the evacuation of the civilian population to the Russian Federation and asked for recognition of independence.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a corresponding decree. On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. As the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov clarified, the special operation has two goals – the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. According to him, both of these aspects pose a threat to the Russian state and people.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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