The last word was stated about torture: 12 prisoners of war were condemned in the Russian Federation (video)
Another 11 Ukrainians were sentenced in absentia, writes the Russian edition of Sotavision on Wednesday, March 26. It is reported that among the persons involved in the so-called "case of 24"-servicemen, trials and cooks of the Ukrainian Regiment "Azov". They were captured in the spring of 2022 in Mariupol and its suburbs. 12 people were present at the court hearing.
Two military people were exchanged before the case began in court, eight more chefs and the storage room returned home for exchange in September 2023. One Ukrainian military, Alexander Ishchenko, died in a detention center. The prosecutor's office demanded for prisoners of war from 16 to 24 years in prison, for all men - in a colony of strict regime. None of the defendants pleaded guilty.
In the last words, several people declared torture and poor conditions of detention in the Russian detention center, others refused to "recognize the Russian court and communicate with it. " We will remind, on March 19 the exchange of prisoners between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in the format 175 for 175. Then President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that among the returned home - the fighters "Azov" and defenders of Mariupol.