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Exchange 110 to 110: 108 women servicemen returned from Russian captivity to Ukraine

OP OP Andriy Yermak reported that some prisoners have been held captive since 2019 for the far -fetched espionage and terrorism. Presidential Office Andriy Yermak reported 108 Ukrainian women from captivity. According to him, there were 37 evacuas from Azvostal, 11 officers and 85 people and sergeants in captivity. "Among the liberated were girls illegally imprisoned who were captured before the large-scale invasion and "terrorism", - Yermak wrote.

Also, the OP chairman reported that all the released medical examinations and rehabilitation. According to Pushilin, 80 civilians and 30 servicemen from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and LDNR fighters have returned from the Ukrainian captivity. he did not reveal the process. At the end of July this year, a video of allegedly Astrakhan sailors appeared on the network who appealed to Russian President Vladimir Puti At the request to release them from captivity.

Men said that there were several Russian ships that were blocked by the Ukrainian authorities after February 24. The sailors complained that armed security did not let them ashore, and they could not call Russia their relatives, since the connection with the outside world was broken. Some of the Russians report that there were 11 dry loads in Izmail, and the total number of crew was 87 people. After one member of the crew died, some of the sailors were exchanged.

The situation with Russian sailors was paid attention to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICCC). According to the representative of Evan Watson, civilian sailors are protected under the Fourth Geneva Convention, and therefore the ICRC is ready to facilitate their return home. Earlier, Presidential Office Andriy Ermak said that on October 13, 20 Ukrainian servicemen were released.