More than 1,000 prisoners of war, Ukrainian soldiers and foreign “mercenaries” who had fallen into the hands of Russian forces at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, have been transferred to Russia for trial, the Russian state special news agency TREI reported on Tuesday night.
The foreign “mercenaries” are about a hundred, the agency clarified, according to which other prisoners of war are expected to be transferred from Mariupol to Russia soon.
At least 2,400 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to the Russian army in late May, after weeks of heavy fighting at the giant Azovstal steel plant in the port of Mariupol. The Ukrainian political leadership says it is concerned that prisoners of war may be tortured or even killed by the Russians.
Moscow claims that there are many neo-Nazis among the military and “mercenaries”, something that Kyiv and the West deny. The Ukrainian political leadership wants an exchange of Russian prisoners of war with the warriors who surrendered to Azovstal. However, some Russian parliamentarians have demanded that at least some of them be brought to justice.
The news could further undermine the peace talks between the two warring countries, which were already at a dead end.
Source: AMPE
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