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Ukraine to Russia: ‘Return prisoners if you want your top ally back’
Ukraine says it has arrested and detained a pro-Russian opposition leader and is offering the Kremlin a swap deal if they want him back
Ukraine government officials have reportedly told Russia to release prisoners of war if it wants the Kremlin’s most high-profile ally in the country freed and returned.
Kyiv says it has arrested pro-Kremlin oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, who was apprehended by Ukrainian forces after escaping house arrest.
‘I propose to the Russian Federation to exchange this guy of yours for our boys and our girls who are now in Russian captivity,’
uKRAINE pRESIDENT Zelensky said in a video address posted on Telegram.
President Zelensky shared an image online of an exhausted looking Medvedchuk .
The image depicts the Russian oligarch with his hands in cuffs and dressed in a Ukrainian army uniform.
‘And may Medvedchuk be an example for you. Even the former oligarch did not escape. What can we say about much simpler criminals from the Russian hinterland? We will get everyone.’
ZELENSKY SAID.
America ramps up support for Ukraine
The United States is expected to send more weapons after Russia’s strongest signal yet the war will grind on.
U.S. President Joe Biden referred to Russia’s attack on Ukraine as genocide for the first time.
The President addressing the media saying “we’ll let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not it qualifies, but it sure seems that way to me.
The Kremlin has denied it is committing war crimes within Ukraine, repeating claims that it is in the region to “denazify Ukraine”.