Over 2,500 Ukrainian Azovstal fighters are in Russian captivity

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that over 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers, who were defending the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, are currently held by Russia. The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine is working on freeing them.

“We know what it’s like to cut deals with Russia, we know the price we will have to pay. We know that they cannot be trusted…The Chief Intelligence Directorate has to continue working on this issue and has to find a solution. There is only one possible solution — to return those people home.”

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