Kyiv: Ukraine Showing a video broadcast on Monday Viktor MedvedchukA detained pro-Russian tycoon and presidential aide Vladimir PutinDemand for revenge for the evacuation of civilians and soldiers from the besieged port city Mariupol,
Mariupol has become a symbol of Ukraine’s unexpectedly fierce resistance since Russian troops invaded the former Soviet state and pro-democracy country on February 24.
“I want to ask the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of Ukraine” Volodymyr Zelensky To exchange me for the Ukrainian defenders and the residents of Mariupol,” he said in a video published by Kyiv’s security services, dressed in black and looking straight into the camera.
medvedchukThose who escaped detention after Russia’s invasion and were detained last week said soldiers and residents “are unlikely to have a safe exit through humanitarian corridors”.
Medvedchuk is one of the richest people in Ukraine and is known for his close ties with Putin. He is also a politician.
He says that Putin is the godfather of his youngest daughter Daria.
The Kremlin had previously rejected the idea of substituting him for Ukrainians detained by Russia, and Zelensky proposed a swap.
“He is a foreign politician,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained last week.
Separately on Monday Russian state TV broadcast a video on Monday, which it described as “Britain”, captured the fight for Ukraine and demanded that Prime Minister Boris Johnson negotiate their release.
The two men shown in the video asked for revenge for Medvedchuk, who had been accused of treason and attempted to steal natural resources from Russia-affiliated Crimea, and to hand over Ukrainian military secrets to Moscow. Was.
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Mariupol has become a symbol of Ukraine’s unexpectedly fierce resistance since Russian troops invaded the former Soviet state and pro-democracy country on February 24.
“I want to ask the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of Ukraine” Volodymyr Zelensky To exchange me for the Ukrainian defenders and the residents of Mariupol,” he said in a video published by Kyiv’s security services, dressed in black and looking straight into the camera.
medvedchukThose who escaped detention after Russia’s invasion and were detained last week said soldiers and residents “are unlikely to have a safe exit through humanitarian corridors”.
Medvedchuk is one of the richest people in Ukraine and is known for his close ties with Putin. He is also a politician.
He says that Putin is the godfather of his youngest daughter Daria.
The Kremlin had previously rejected the idea of substituting him for Ukrainians detained by Russia, and Zelensky proposed a swap.
“He is a foreign politician,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained last week.
Separately on Monday Russian state TV broadcast a video on Monday, which it described as “Britain”, captured the fight for Ukraine and demanded that Prime Minister Boris Johnson negotiate their release.
The two men shown in the video asked for revenge for Medvedchuk, who had been accused of treason and attempted to steal natural resources from Russia-affiliated Crimea, and to hand over Ukrainian military secrets to Moscow. Was.
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