Russia claims it will not exchange Ukrainian PoWs
WEDNESDAY, 29 JUNE 2022, 06:01
Russia has claimed that a decision has been made not to exchange Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Source: Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, quoted in Fontanka [a St Petersburg based Russian online media outlet - ed.]
Quote from Bastrykin: "We have decided not to give them back, we’ve received the appropriate approvals. Because they thought: ‘We’ll surrender and then get home to our families’. No, the only places they’re going to are temporary detention centres and pre-trial detention centres."
Details: On 28 June Bastrykin said that 2,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war arrived "yesterday."
Earlier: Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian intelligence responsible for the exchange of Ukrainian soldiers who took part in the defence of Azovstal, said that he hopes to free "a significant number" of Ukrainian prisoners of war "in the near future."
