Andriy Yermak spoke with the released from the Russian captivity by the defenders of Azovstal and the first deputy mayor of Energodar
According to the head of the office of the Head of State, Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally followed the course of the operation and knows the history of everyone liberated. Welcoming the liberated on their native land, Andriy Yermak stressed that every return of Ukrainians from captivity is a holiday for the whole country.
As the Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Dmitry Usov reported, today the team of coordination headquarters on the management of prisoners of war managed to release 101 Ukrainian hero: 100 servicemen and one civilian citizen. Of these, 94 are the defenders of Mariupol, including 63 defenders of the Azovstal plant. Among the liberated are representatives of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Service of Ukraine.
“Now all the necessary medical care, consultations are provided. All documents will be restored and everything is needed for our defenders, ”Dmitry Usov said. According to him, all of them were liberated today on the list of wounded, which the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets handed over to the Russian side during a visit to Turkey. However, Russia failed to comply with the Norials of the Geneva Convention and abandoned the repatriation and transfer of the wounded.
"It will not stop us or stop us - we will return all," - said the deputy chief of GUR. During the online exclusion, Ivan Samodyuk thanked President Vladimir Zelensky, Head of the Head of State and the entire team of the Coordination Staff for their efforts to release the prisoners. “For what we can communicate with you today, to communicate with your family. And we are waiting for the fact that we will be useful to our Ukraine, our people, ”he said.
Vitaliy Ageev added that despite the difficult conditions of captivity, he is finally felt by a free man. Vadim Jafarov, for his part, emphasized that many of our defenders are still in Russian captivity, who are experiencing all the hardships of captivity. He also noted that after the rehabilitation he would go to defend his homeland again, because the enemy needs to be expelled from Ukrainian land. “The country thanks you for fought for not giving up at home.
When all our homes, we will definitely defeat and release our land from the invaders, ”Andrei Yermak replied. The Presidential Office Head also thanked the team of the Coordination Staff on the management of prisoners of war and anyone involved in the work on the release of the prisoners.
The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the chairman of the coordination headquarters Kirill Budanov expressed pleasure that today's release was successful, because yesterday there were some questions about the lists. "What you are here is as a statement that everything goes according to the plan and everyone will be turned back," he said.
Interior Minister Igor Klimenko, congratulating the released on their native land, stated that a titanic work is carried out for the liberation of everyone. “We remember each of our defender and the defender who are still in captivity. We want to do everything to make you get into the system as soon as possible - the system of citizens of Ukraine, servicemen, workers, ”he said. The deputy head of the Presidential Office Alexei Kuleba thanked Ivan Samoidyuk for his courage and sustainability.