Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of war prisoners • FRANCE 24 English
207 Ukrainian prisoners were released today equivalent number of Russians approximately and that is approximately the same number as were due to be released according to Ukrainian Military Intelligence in the swap that was planned for just a week ago just before a Russian military plane crashed near belgrod prompting the Russians to claim
That 65 Ukrainian prisoners of War who were due to be swapped were on board and to blame the ukrainians for shooting down the plan the Russians at that point said that there could be no more prisoner swaps for the foreseeable future so today’s news certainly comes
As a surprise a very welcome one for the families of those who’ve been released and also for other people whose um loved ones are missing or in detention because every time that people are released they can provide information about other people who may be detained I spoke a
Little earlier to Valentina vova who was in a report I made recently about families of people in detention or who are missing sad her brother was not released today um but um another member of the association who I also met did find her brother among those released
Today it’s always um a surprise that only told once the release happens um and it was even more of a surprise Valentina told me today because she had really been resigned to the idea that it would be a very long time before the next prisoner swap Could Happen she told
Me though that she didn’t have any information as to what persuaded the Russians to change their mind or how this um unexpected swap was achieved she could only say that she had nothing but praise for the Ukrainian authorities involved the Ukrainian authorities who have said that among those released
Today there is no one who name was on the list of the 65 people that Russia alleges were on the plane that crashed that list published by Margarita simonan of Russia today there’s still a lot of skepticism here in Ukraine as to whether those people really were on the plane at
All as Russia has refused to hand over any bodies and um published only really scant photographic evidence
Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Wednesday, just a week after Moscow said Kyiv had shot down a plane carrying dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers.
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$4,000 that the US sent to Ukraine has disappeared.
Where did the money go?
We'll never know. Given that Russia ain't releasing video of bodies and not sending those back, we may consider there were none on plane. But at the same time those people from list are most likely been tortured to death in russian prisons but they were in lists on being prisoners , so russia had to dispose of bodies in a way, not to draw attention to them, because if UN representatives would come and ask them where are those people you said you have as POW but they won't be able to show them cause they are dead , therefore they used plane crush as an excuse to say they are gone , but not cause of tortures but cause Ukraine shoot plane down. It's not us.
Those people won't be getting home, cause any name poping out will destroy this PoW on plane agenda and tells that russia was lying. So conclusion is that they are gone. Just not in plane.
Zelensky needs to resign and stop the kiIling
Russian-Ukraine war is over now that the USA and UK found another war their defense industries can profit from.
Sucks to both of these countries right now. Ukraine is Tango Tango Foxtrot Uniform with no US taxpayer money to rebuild and Russia is still at war, but now have a superior enemy that has all shiny new weapons because they haven't been at war for years now.
Russia, China and India versus USA and UK promises to be a very cool contest indeed. Turkiye won't know who to side with and may withdraw from NATO…