“Most of June 14 returned to Ukraine from the Russian captivity of the prisoners – officers, difficult negotiations on the next stages of exchange are ongoing. Source: Deputy Head of Coordination Headquarters, GUR representative, Major Andriy Yusov in a comment to “Ukrainian Truth” and on the air of the national telehole, a video of coordination, video from Facebook of Facebook Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, Video of the State Border Guard Service, Video SBU Direct. Agreed in Istanbul, it is severely ill and severely wounded and young defenders 25 and younger.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Deputy Head of Coordinating Staff, GUR representative, Major Andriy Yusov in a comment to “Ukrainian Truth” and on the air of the National Telelorphone, video of coordination, video from Facebook of Facebook of Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, Video of the State Border Service, SBU video
The direct language of Yusov: “The peculiarity of today’s exchange stage is the combination of two categories, which have been agreed in Istanbul, are seriously ill and severely wounded and young defenders 25 years and younger. And of course, that most of the returned today are Ukrainian officers. It is no secret that it is a complication of the work. who have been waiting for many over three years, it is definitely difficult to describe in words and it will be inspired. ”
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Details: In the television, Yusov again stressed that the numbers of the number of captivity returned from captivity before the end of the Istanbul agreements did not disclose the coordination headquarters for security reasons because the negotiations are ongoing.
The officer noted that all week of repatriation measures and exchanges is accompanied by information attacks, pressure on the negotiation group and relatives of prisoners, misinformation. “But nevertheless, Ukraine is holding on, the negotiation group works and returns its home,” the GUR spokesman added.
Yusov noted that on Saturday, repatriation measures also took place, and despite the false statements of Russian propaganda that Ukraine is refusing to take away the bodies of its citizens, this process is ongoing.
As for how long the large -scale exchange of Istanbul arrangements will take, Yusov did not make forecasts, not only: “The ending week was very intense, I think that the next days will be no less intense.”
Prehistory:
- On June 2, Ukraine and the Russian Federation agreed to return “6000 to 6000” bodies of dead soldiers on June 2. Ukrainian and Russian delegations also agreed on the exchange of “all” for all “seriously wounded and young servicemen aged 18 to 25 years.
- On June 9, the 66th exchange of prisoners of war started. The first group of released servicemen under 25 years of age returned to Ukraine from Russia.
- On June 10, Ukraine returned from the Russian captivity a group of defenders who suffered serious injuries and have serious health problems.
- On June 11, according to the results of repatriation measures, the bodies of 1 212 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine.
- On June 12, Ukraine returned another group of defenders from Russian who suffered serious injuries and have serious illnesses. Some of the released soldiers were considered missing.
- On June 13, according to the results of repatriation measures, the bodies of 1200 fallen were returned to Ukraine. The invaders claim that all bodies belong to the citizens of Ukraine, and the repatriates will be identified in the future.
- On June 14, the next stage of the large exchange of prisoners in the category of seriously wounded and seriously ill. Also part of the released – younger than 25 years. The vast majority of released defenders have been in captivity since 2022. Much of them were captured during the defense of Mariupol. Ukraine also received another 1,200 bodies that, according to the Russian side, belong to Ukrainian citizens, including servicemen.
- The coordination stresses that for safety reasons, the exact number of dismissed persons will be announced after the exchange process is completed.