Ukraine captures Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev’s great-grandson - Media
Photo: Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev (Getty Images)
Details of disappearance and captivity
According to Russian media, the story of the family of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (TsK KPSS) took an unexpected turn after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The great-grandson of the Soviet statesman, who was born and built a career in Ukraine, was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Anton Milaev is the adopted grandson of the General Secretary's daughter, Galina Brezhneva, who raised him as her own son.
Photo: Leonid Brezhnev – Anton Milaev (t.me/bazabazon)
According to available information, the 45-year-old man went to war against Ukraine last autumn as a sapper. By November, he had stopped contacting his relatives.
According to the mother of the soldier, Irina Kuznetsova, it became known only a few months later that her son was alive. He is currently being held in captivity on territory controlled by the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kherson region.
What is known about prisoner exchanges
At the end of May, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense confirmed preparations for a new stage of a large-scale prisoner exchange under the 1000-for-1000 formula.
At that time, the agency noted that the lists for return were being compiled to include various categories of people, including women, the seriously ill, the wounded, as well as those defenders who have been in captivity since 2022.
On June 5, Ukraine and Russia carried out the second stage of this large exchange, under which 185 Ukrainian servicemen and one civilian were returned home. Among those released were defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal, as well as fighters who had been operating in different sectors of the front.
In addition, recently, the Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, during his first meeting with the new Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova, agreed that Ukraine and Russia would launch a direct exchange of official documents.
This decision was made despite severed diplomatic relations in order to speed up the resolution of civil legal issues for citizens, including those related to archives and pension record processing.
