Zelensky's adviser told how many Ukrainians are currently in russian captivity

About 15 thousand people are still missing

There are 3392 Ukrainian soldiers in russian captivity.

Source. Aliona Verbytska, Volodymyr Zelensky's advisor and Commissioner for Defenders' Rights, in an interview with the German edition Redaktions Netzwerk Deutschland.

Details. In addition, according to her, 15 thousand people in Ukraine went missing during the war. Among them there are many civilians. Ms. Verbytska said that the fate of these people is "absolutely unknown".

At the end of June, the russian Defence Ministry said that more than 6 thousand Ukrainian soldiers were in captivity.

The largest exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and russia took place on September 22. Then 215 Ukrainian soldiers were released from russian captivity, more than 100 of them were Azov fighters.

Ukraine, in turn, extradited Viktor Medvedchuk, putin's compadre, and 55 russians to russia. According to The Washington Post, the FSB dissuaded putin from this decision, but in vain.

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