According to him, this happened, in particular, due to a short period of time, because the largest exchange was prepared and spent in less than a week.
“We could not influence the lists. Russia handed over those whom I was ready to transfer, Ukraine too. Further, the work of law enforcement agencies and in case of confirmation of one or another information, the corresponding response of law enforcement agencies in accordance with the current legislation,” Yusov said.
He also added that the Ukrainian side does everything possible to return each Ukrainian, but Ukraine cannot influence Russia.
It is noted that Taranenko recorded a series of media during the exchange – he quickly went from the bus inside the medical institution and did not communicate with the press. In addition, according to the lists of the fighters whom Russia allegedly transferred to Ukraine under No. 746, you can also see the name “Anatoly Taranenko”, the publication said.
Investigators are engaged in the establishment of the personality of Taranenko and the confirmation of the charges, Yusov said.
Context
The Ukrainians returned from Russian captivity already fell into similar stories. After the exchange of July 17, 2024, the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against Maxim Bobylev. By the investigation that the media wrote about, he participated in the bullying of Russians over other Ukrainian prisoners of war, He collaborated with the colony administration, where the Russians held and tortured prisoners, did not want to go to exchange and refused the citizenship of Ukraine. Bobylev’s case is considered in court in Kyiv.
