The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, proposed on Tuesday (04.12.2022) to exchange the pro-Russian political detainee Victor Medvedchuk, a friend of the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, for the child captives of the Russian army.
“I propose to the Russian Federation that they exchange this guy of theirs for our boys and girls who are now in Russian captivity. Therefore, it is important that our law enforcement and military also consider this possibility,” Zelensky said in his usual late-night address. disclosed by the presidential website.
Zelensky announced Medvedchuk’s arrest on his Telegram channel. “A special operation has been carried out thanks to the Ukrainian Security Service. Bravo!” He wrote on that social network. Zelensky’s message was accompanied by a photo of him sitting, handcuffed and dressed in military clothing with a Ukrainian flag badge.
Medvedchuk was under house arrest by order of the judge, but he fled on February 24, just as Russia began its so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine.
The 67-year-old politician and businessman was accused of high treason for revealing state secrets, doing business in the Crimean peninsula, working for Russia and having “solid ties” with Putin.
“I think it’s especially cynical of him to wear military camouflage. I tried to disguise myself like this. Here is a ‘soldier’. Here is a ‘patriot,'” the Ukrainian president said of the pro-Russian political detainee. military for himself, falls under the rules of war,” he added.
Zelensky proposed the exchange by denouncing that “there are more and more testimonies and other official data from the investigation about the horrible crimes of the occupiers in the areas that, unfortunately, they were able to reach. About the inhuman cruelty of the Russian army towards women and children About numerous violations.”
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