Moscow affirms the exchange of 144 caught troops with Ukraine
Russia has affirmed that 144 Ukrainian troopers have been given over to Kiev, in exchange for similar number of Russian detainees, saying the choice was endorsed by President Vladimir Putin.
The exchange occurred on Wednesday and was "coordinated and completed on the immediate orders of the Supreme Commander of the Russia Armed Forces," Russia's Defense Ministry representative, General Igor Konashenkov, said on Thursday.
The request was given by Putin in light of the fact that "the lives, the wellbeing, the arrival of our servicemen, the contenders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, who make up most of those returned, is the main errand," Konashenkov said.
Those who participated in the POW exchange are "injured or truly injured" and have previously been furnished with the fundamental clinical help, he added.
Since the contention with Kiev broke out four months prior, in excess of 6000 Ukrainian help staff have been caught by or given up to the Russian powers, the representative said.
The "144 for 144" detainee exchange was first reported by Ukraine's tactical knowledge administration on Wednesday. It likewise distributed photographs of the trade occurring.
As indicated by Kiev, those took back to Ukraine incorporate 43 contenders from the infamous Azov regiment. Many individuals from the neo-Nazi unit gave up to Russia in May subsequent to being stayed for quite a long time at the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol.
Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, refering to Kiev's inability to execute the Minsk arrangements, intended to give the districts of Donetsk and Lugansk extraordinary status inside the Ukrainian state. The conventions, handled by Germany and France, were first endorsed in 2014.
Previous Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has since conceded that Kiev's primary objective was to utilize the truce to delay and "make strong military."
In February 2022, the Kremlin perceived the Donbass republics as free states and requested that Ukraine formally proclaim itself an unbiased country that won't ever enlist in any Western military coalition. Kiev demands the Russian hostile was totally unwarranted.
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