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About 700 Ukrainian soldiers are being held captive by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
“As for the military, we have, in principle, rough equality: we have more than 700 prisoners, and they have about the same number.”she said.
She added that Kremlin troops had taken in more than 1,000 civilians, half of whom were women.
“Unfortunately, there are many of our civilians in captivity. “They captured more than 1,000 people and, unfortunately, about 500 of them are women.”she added.
“And we, of course, will not exchange soldiers with civilians, this is prohibited by the Geneva Convention. We will not violate international humanitarian law and therefore demand the unconditional release of civilians and the transfer to the Ukrainian side.“, Added Vereshchuk.
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