Azovstal paramedic Asan Isenadzhyiev is released from Russian captivity
Paramedic Asan Isenadzhyiev, from the Azovstal steelworks, has returned from Russian captivity.
This was reported by Tamila Tasheva, the representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Isenadzhyiev, a resident of Crimea, returned to Ukraine in the latest prisoner swap on 31 December 2022.
"Asan has returned to his native land, and soon he will certainly return home – to a free Ukrainian Crimea!" wrote Tamila Tasheva.
Isenadzhyiev is a Crimean Tatar, originally from Girei. Before the war, he worked for the ambulance service. During the defence of Mariupol, the paramedic was at Azovstal providing assistance to the wounded.
In spring 2022, Asan posted a photo of his bloodied hands in the shape of a heart on his social media account and wrote:
"Tell my mother what I said: I have seen so much pain that I will never break."
Asan posted a photo of his bloodied hands in the shape of a heart on his social network in the spring of 2022
The medic also appealed to the international community for help to get people out of Azovstal. One of his appeals was published in Turkish.
"People are dying in our arms from the simple lack of antibiotics, from festering wounds. We are under constant bombardment from air, sea and land. Please follow the procedure to withdraw all the people, including the army, from the territory of Azovstal. Put an end to this nightmare," Isenadzhyiev wrote.
Reminder: On 31 December, 140 people returned to Ukraine in the latest round of prisoner swaps: among them were 82 soldiers of the Armed Forces, 15 from Ukraine’s Territorial Defence Forces, 22 from the National Guard of Ukraine, 11 from the Navy, and 10 from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. There are 132 men and 8 women.
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