12 minutes agoRussia is holding war hostages about 700 Ukrainian soldiers and more than 1,000 civilians
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(4 years ago)About 700 Ukrainian troops are considered war hostages by Russian forces, Interfax Ukraine reports, citing Ukrainian deputy prime minister. Iryna Vereshchuk said that “as far as the army is concerned, we have, almost the same number: we have more than 700 prisoners of them and they have approximately the same number”. Ukrainian politician also said that troops [...]
Iryna Vereshchuk said that “as far as the army is concerned, we have, almost the same number: we have more than 700 prisoners of them and they have approximately the same number”.
Ukrainian politicians also said the Kremlin troops had taken 1,000 civilians hostage, about half of whom were women, reports Skynews.
Unfortunately, there are many of our [in captivity] civilians. They captured more than 1,000 people and, unfortunately, about 500 of them are women”, she added.
And we, of course, will repeat again and again will not exchange soldiers with civilians, that's forbidden by the Geneva Convention. We will not violate international humanitarian law and therefore require the release of civilians without any conditions and transfer to the Ukrainian side”, Vereschuk stated.
By contrast, Russia and Ukraine have already exchanged prisoners of war five times. /Telegraphy/
