Russia makes a “dirty and political” game about the exchange of prisoners, Zelenski – Video accuses
Volodimir Zelenski, President of Ukraine. Photo: Profimedia
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski accused Russia on Sunday of playing a “dirty and political” game of the future exchange of prisoners, Moscow and Kiev accusing each other of disturbing this approach, AFP reports.
“The Russian side, as usual, tries to play a dirty and political game,” Zelenski said in his Sunday evening speech, adding that if Russia will not respect the agreement, it will “throw a great doubt” on diplomatic efforts to end this war that lasts for more than three years.
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Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of “posting” the exchange of prisoners and thousands of killed soldiers, which had to take place this weekend. Kiev replied that no date was agreed and that the enemy had resorted to “unilateral” gestures.
Moreover, on Sunday, Russia announced that it has brought to the exchange area of the border with Ukraine the first batch with bodies of Ukrainian soldiers. Televisions were called on the spot.
“The Russian party, in accordance with the agreements concluded in Istanbul in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations on June 2 and in accordance with the calendar agreed with the Ukrainian part to Istanbul, transported the bodies of the Ukrainian military prepared for repatriation to the exchange area,” the representative of the Russian negotiation group, General, Alexander Zorin told the press.
Russia and Ukraine had Monday in Istanbul a second round of peace negotiations, in which they agreed to exchange several prisoners-focusing on the youngest and most seriously injured-and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers.
The Russians have now brought to the border with Ukraine trucks with the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers. On -site were called and television
The Ukrainians also criticized the “dirty games” of the Russians yesterday
Vladimir Medinski, Kremlin counselor and Moscow's main negotiator in discussions with Kiev's emissaries, claimed that the Ukrainian part unexpectedly postponed, “on an indefinite term, both the taking over of the bodies (its killed soldiers) and the exchange of prisoners.”
Medinski said that “the Russian party, in accordance with the Istanbul agreements on June 2, began to implement the humanitarian transfer action to Ukraine of over 6,000 bodies of the Ukraine's National Army, as well as the exchange of wounded and seriously ill prisoners and prisoners under 25 years.”
Russia's statements have stated are untrue, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, urging Moscow to cease with “dirty games” and return to a constructive activity, reports Reuters.
“Today's statements of the Russian party do not meet the reality, nor to the previous agreements regarding the exchange of prisoners or the repatriation of the corpses,” the Ukrainian Coordination Command for the Treatment of War Printings, in a Post on Telegram.
He said that an agreement on the repatriation of the corpses was indeed, but that no date was agreed and that the “Russian part resorted to unilateral actions” that were not approved in the process.
ISW: part of Moscow's efforts to sabotage trust
Russia has not accused Ukraine that he did not carry out the exchange of prisoners of war on Saturday and did not repatriate the bodies of the soldiers killed in the fight, the statements being part of the Kremlin efforts to undermine the measures to consolidate with Ukraine, writes the American Think-Tank the Institute for the Study of the War.
“The Kremlin remains employed in promoting narratives that denigrate Ukraine, probably to prepare its internal public before the possible rejection by Russia of any peace agreement in the future and to discredit Ukraine on the international stage.
Kremlin's reluctance to engage in good faith in lower-level confidence, meant to facilitate larger peace negotiations, Russia demonstrates more than peace negotiations, ”according to ISW.
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