At first, the resources of the Russian occupiers announced the capture of six Ukrainian border guard soldiers. They also published interrogations of prisoners for propaganda purposes.
Source LIGA.net in the Security and Defense Forces confirmed that the Ukrainian defenders are indeed in captivity. Subsequently, the representative of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Pyotr Yatsenko, told us that the department knew about these prisoners and told us what their relatives should do.
On the morning of December 16, the invaders’ resources began distributing videos of interrogations of Ukrainian prisoners of war. The occupiers claim that the border guards were captured in the Sumy region near the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
It is now impossible to reliably establish all the circumstances under which the defenders were captured. However, in the north, the Russians regularly use sabotage and reconnaissance groups with which they try to break into Ukraine.
Videos of military interrogations may be recorded under duress. The Russians have already begun to use materials for propaganda.
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Source LIGA.net in the Security and Defense Forces confirmed that these Ukrainian border guards are indeed in captivity.
A representative of the Coordination Headquarters responded that the department was aware of these prisoners of war: “We have a sufficient exchange fund to return our military personnel.”
Yatsenko described the algorithm of actions that should be carried out by the relatives of these military men. First, you should contact the National Police and the National Information Bureau, as well as the Joint Center of the Security Service of Ukraine, where you will provide all the necessary data.
He noted that work on the search and return of prisoners of war continues constantly, but negotiations are being delayed by the Russian side, which is not interested in continuing exchanges.
- On December 2, President Zelensky said that exchanges of prisoners of war with Russia have not stopped; for the most part, they are simply not advertised.
- On December 3, the Coordination Headquarters warned that Russia was preparing a wave of disinformation about the reasons for the cessation of exchanges that have not occurred since the end of summer 2023.
- On December 14, StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that the Russian occupiers used captured Ukrainian military personnel as “human shields.”
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2023-12-16 20:30:00
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