The leader of "Azov" and the acting commander of the 36th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine while sitting in the basements of the Azovstal plantInformation about the prisoner exchange is being discussed online. Initially, it was reported that Russia released 10 citizens of foreign countries who fought for the Armed Forces of Ukraine as mercenaries. Among other things, these are citizens of Morocco, Sweden, Britain, citizens of the United States and a number of other countries. At the same time, on the eve of the information that the negotiations on their transfer by the Russian side were conducted by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. Among those exchanged are Britons and a Moroccan sentenced to death in the DPR.
After some time, information passed in which it was stated that our side had an exchange with the enemy according to the "formula": 200 to 87. 200 – foreign mercenaries and militants, including militants of the terrorist organization "Azov" (*banned in Russia). According to the latest data, the militants of "Azov"* will be sent on one of the ships to Turkey, where they will allegedly remain "interned until the end of hostilities."
The resonance was caused by the information not only that Azov militants were among those exchanged, but also that Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk was also included in the exchange formula. Many perceived this fact offensively for our military. But there are other judgments.
Military commander Yevgeny Poddubny shared his opinion in this regard, noting that you can reflect on this matter as much as you like, but the fact remains: firstly, such negotiations never take place in the public plane, and secondly, 87 of our soldiers and officers from Ukrainian dungeons returned to their families.
The military commander writes that in this situation, "I don't care about image losses."
From the post of Evgeny Poddubny:
Meanwhile, journalist Andrey Medvedev expressed his dissatisfaction with one of the facts accompanying the exchange. He drew attention to the fact that our guys who were rescued from captivity, by and large, were not met as they should have been. Andrey Medvedev emphasizes that there was no one at the airfield to greet, there were no Russian flags or flowers for our heroes. This is indeed a particularly depressing fact, as is the fact that the first to report on the exchange were not Russian specialized agencies or major federal media, but Western channels.
The journalist explained why it was decided to exchange the "Azov". Andrei Medvedev writes that the Ukrainian side had never previously given us captured Russian pilots under any circumstances. Proposals emanating from Kiev – exchange for "Azov"*. It is for this reason that the exchange was held in this format.
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Andrey Medvedev:
In this regard, the journalist urges to stop making mistakes in the information field.
