Russia to spread disinformation on prisoner exchange justifying its inaction
Russia to spread disinformation on prisoner exchange justifying its inaction (photo: Getty Images)
Shortly, the Russian Federation will launch a wave of disinformation about the reasons for the suspension of prisoner-of-war exchanges. In this way, the terrorist country will try to justify its inaction, reports the press service of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
It is noted that the purpose of the disinformation campaign is:
- to destabilize the situation within Ukrainian society;
- to sow distrust in government agencies involved in organizing prisoner exchanges.
"Since the summer of this year, despite all the efforts of Ukraine to continue the humanitarian mission of returning prisoners of war, authorized representatives of the Russian side have been systematically complicating the exchange process," the press service writes.
To justify its inaction, the terrorist country is preparing charges against Ukraine.
It is noted that nothing has changed on the Ukrainian side in the negotiation process since they managed to bring home more than 300 soldiers every month. At the same time, Russia's attempts to justify itself indicate that it is not concerned about the fate of a large number of Russian prisoners of war.
"Every prisoner of war or missing person, as well as civilians and non-combatants taken hostage, is important to Ukraine. We do not categorize anyone by the level of negative emotions on the Russian side. All of our soldiers are defending their land, and did not come to someone else's to kill, rob and destroy," the press service added.
Russian prisoners of war are held following international humanitarian law. They also have unimpeded access to the International Committee of the Red Cross missions, which the Russian side has not yet provided.
"Ukraine and the Coordination Center are working every day to return all our defenders and search for missing persons. The negotiation process with the opposite side continues. We are ready to hand over Russian prisoners of war to their families only after returning our defenders home," the Coordination Center said.
Prisoner exchange
Since the beginning of the full-scale terrorist invasion of our country, Ukraine and Russia have conducted a series of prisoner-of-war exchanges. The last exchange took place on August 7, as 22 soldiers returned home, including two officers, privates, and sergeants.
According to Petro Yatsenko, a representative of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Russia has frozen the exchange of prisoners, but negotiations to resume it are ongoing. According to the Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, Russian prisoners want to return home, but the Kremlin authorities refuse to take them.
