Greater than 1,000 Mariupol, Ukraine fighters transferred to Russia for ‘investigation’: report
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Greater than 1,000 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered throughout the battle over the Azovstal metal manufacturing unit in Mariupol have been transferred to Russia “for an investigation there,” Russian state media is reporting Wednesday.
The TASS information company, citing a regulation enforcement supply, reported that at the least 100 of the captives are being held in Moscow and that they embody “overseas mercenaries.”
“Over 1,000 individuals from Azovstal have been transferred to Russia. Legislation enforcement officers are working with them,” the supply stated. “Investigators additionally plan to ship a lot of different captives to Russia sooner or later, following a collection of face-to-face confrontations.”
The report couldn’t be independently confirmed.
On this photograph taken from video launched by the Russian Protection Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Might 18, 2022, Ukrainian servicemen stand in font of a Russian serviceman after they leaved the besieged Azovstal metal plant in Mariupol, Ukraine.
(Russian Protection Ministry Press Service by way of G3 Field Information)
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Russia’s Protection Ministry claims round 2,400 individuals surrendered in Mariupol earlier than Russia took management of the metal manufacturing unit there.
The Ukrainian authorities desires Russia to conduct a prisoner swap and hand over all those that laid down their arms, however Russian lawmakers need a few of the captives to go on trial, based on Reuters.
The Metallurgical Mix Azovstal, broken throughout combating, is seen from the Mariupol Sea Port in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Monday, Might 30.
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Ukraine’s army intelligence company stated Tuesday that Russia has thus far turned over the our bodies of 210 Ukrainian fighters killed within the battle for Mariupol, a lot of them among the many final holdouts within the Azovstal steelworks.
The company didn’t specify what number of extra our bodies are believed to stay within the rubble of the plant.
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they have been evacuated from the besieged Mariupol’s Azovstal metal plant on Tuesday, Might 17.
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Russia now controls the destroyed port metropolis. It started turning over our bodies final week. Ukraine stated Saturday that the 2 sides had exchanged 320 our bodies, with every getting again 160. It’s unclear whether or not any extra our bodies have been given to Russia.
The Ukrainian fighters defended the steelworks for practically three months earlier than surrendering in Might beneath relentless Russian assaults from the bottom, sea and air.
The G3 Field Information contributed to this report.
