In the near future, the Russian Federation will launch a wave of disinformation about the reasons for the suspension of prisoner exchanges. In this way, the terrorist country will try to justify its inaction.
It is noted that the purpose of the disinformation campaign is:
- an attempt to destabilize the situation within Ukrainian society;
- sow distrust in government agencies that organize prisoner exchanges.
“Since the summer of this year, despite all the efforts of Ukraine to continue the humanitarian mission of returning prisoners of war, authorized representatives of the Russian side have been systematically complicating the exchange process,” the press service writes.
To justify its inaction, the terrorist country is preparing charges against Ukraine.
It is noted that on the Ukrainian side, nothing has changed in the negotiation process since they managed to return home up to more than 300 soldiers every month. At the same time, Russia’s attempts to justify itself indicate that it is little concerned about the fate of a large number of Russian prisoners of war.
“For Ukraine, every prisoner of war or missing person, as well as civilians and non-combatants taken hostage, is important. We do not share the level of negative emotions on the Russian side. All our soldiers defend their land, and did not come to someone else’s to kill, rob and destroy.” , – adds the press service.
Russian prisoners of war are held in accordance with international humanitarian law. They also have unimpeded access to the missions of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which the Russian side has not yet provided.
“Ukraine and the Coordination Headquarters are working every day to return all our defenders and search for the missing. The negotiation process with the opposite side continues. We are ready to transfer Russian prisoners of war to their families only by returning home our Defenders and Defenders,” notes the Coordination Headquarters.
Prisoner exchange
Since the beginning of the full-scale terrorist invasion of our country, Ukraine and Russia have conducted a number of exchanges of prisoners of war. The last exchange took place on August 7 , during which 22 soldiers returned home, including two officers, privates and non-commissioned officers.
As Pyotr Yatsenko, a representative of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, said, Russia has frozen the exchange of prisoners, however, negotiations on their restoration continue. According to Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets, Russian prisoners want to return home, but the Kremlin authorities refuse to take them .
Source : RBC