Ukrainian prisoners of war sailors can return home

Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange prisoners for a month, writes NewsRu with reference to the press service of the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

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The deputy head of his administration, Vadim Pristayko, clarified that the relevant agreement was reached at a meeting of assistants and advisers to the heads of state of the Norman format, held in Paris on July 12, they write "Vedomosti".

“Zelensky spoke about 10 by 10, 15 by 15. We are not limited to the number of people - our task now is to exchange, return our people home and unblock the process of “all for all,” Prystaiko explained. He added that specific names of prisoners are not discussed at such meetings.

Vladislav Surkov, assistant to Russian President Vladimir Putin, attended the meeting from Russia. Prystaiko noted that at the end of August there will be a meeting of advisers to the heads of the Normandy Four, where the parties will discuss the implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting on July 12.

The day before, on July 15, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, said that 50 Russians are now being held in Ukraine. According to her, Moscow and Kyiv have already familiarized themselves with the lists of persons for exchange. Russia included about 40 people on its list, Ukraine - 120.

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Zelensky previously spoke about Ukrainian sailors detained in the Kerch Strait and held in Moscow pre-trial detention centers. He clarified that he is ready to negotiate their release in any format. Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine is ready to return Russian prisoners, “just give us all of ours,” TASS reports.

Ombudsmen of Russia and Ukraine have outlined a roadmap for returning home citizens held in the two countries. This was reported on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, following a meeting in Moscow with her Ukrainian counterpart Lyudmila Denisova.

“We have mapped out a roadmap for engagement,” she said. “This gives hope to many, many families that people’s fates will be resolved and they will be able to return to their homes.”

Moskalkova said that she gave Denisova a list of Russian citizens held in Ukraine, who turned directly to her as a representative for help. “And I ask you to provide [them] with comprehensive support in interacting with families who are on the territory of Russia, to provide medical care, compliance with order and conditions of detention,” Moskalkova said.

Tatyana Moskalkova also said that she would appeal to the leadership of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FSIN) so that independent doctors would be allowed to see Ukrainians detained in the Russian Federation. “We have considered more than a dozen separate cases that need our help and support, and I intend to appeal to the leadership of the Federal Penitentiary Service with a request to allow independent doctors (to Ukrainians. - Note Tass) to eliminate doubts between different medical reports about the state of their health,” she said after a meeting in Moscow with her Ukrainian colleague Lyudmila Denisova.

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In this regard, Moskalkova recalled the case of Pavel Grib, for whom Russian doctors did not recommend surgery, since it could harm him, and Ukrainian doctors did not agree with this. “We have several such cases that require mutual assistance,” she noted.

Lyudmila Denisova, in turn, thanked her Russian counterpart for this initiative.

“This is important to support these Ukrainian citizens who are in difficult conditions in prison,” she said. “So I support what you said about medical care.” “We reached an agreement today and expanded the number of cases for which it is possible to provide medical care, in particular with the help of independent doctors.”

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova also noted Moskalkova’s role in providing assistance to wounded Ukrainian sailors in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. “You actively supported […] our wounded sailors,” she said. - Many thanks from my family. “I really hope that the issue of release will be resolved soon, and this will be progress in relations between Russia and Ukraine.”

The Russian Ombudsman confirmed that she contacted the head of the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center so that the wounded sailors were examined in civilian medical institutions. "That was done. For one of them, the need for surgery was determined,” she said. — This operation was successfully carried out. Treatment was provided in full."

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On the morning of November 25, 2018, the Ukrainian small armored boats “Berdyansk” and “Nikopol”, as well as the tugboat “Yany Kapu” began the planned transition from Odessa to Mariupol. At the Kerch Strait, they were met by Russian border ships, one of which rammed a Ukrainian tug. As a result, the Russian frontier guards with shooting captured three Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait area and captured 24 Ukrainian military.
• As stated in the FSB, they illegally crossed the Russian border and did not respond to the requirement to stop. The Ukrainian Navy said they had warned the Russian side in advance about the transition, but the Russian border guards did not respond to the message of the Ukrainian ships.
• Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of aggression. After this incident, on November 26, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for imposition of martial law for 30 days in the 10 regions of the country and in the inland waters of the Azov-Kerch water area.
• November 29 US President Donald Trump canceled the meeting with the head of Russia Vladimir Putin, which was to be held in Argentina on the sidelines of the G20 summit. The reason for the cancellation was the situation with the Ukrainian ships captured in the Kerch Strait, explained Trump in his microblog Twitter.
• The release of the sailors was also demanded by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. But so far all the efforts of international diplomats have not brought results.
• April 16 Ukraine 2019 appealed to the maritime tribunal with a request to take urgent action in relation to Russia, in order to free the Ukrainian sailors and ships seized in the Kerch Strait.
• International Tribunal for Maritime Law 25 May He has made a decisionin which he ordered Russia to immediately release two Ukrainian warships and an auxiliary vessel and 24 Ukrainian sailors captured near the Kerch Strait in November 2018.
• Russia had a month to implement this decision, it expired on June 25. Ukrainian sailors are still in Russian captivity, criminal proceedings have been initiated against them. It’s hard to say what awaits Russia for violating the tribunal’s decision, because, according to lawyer Ilya Novikov, “no one has yet decided to violate the order of the UN tribunal".

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