Advance warning of ruzzian disinformation campaign
In the near future, another wave of disinformation will be launched on the propaganda channels of the aggressor country regarding the reasons for the suspension of prisoner of war exchanges. The goal of the Russian special services is to destabilize the situation within Ukrainian society and to sow distrust in the state bodies that organize prisoner exchanges.
Since the summer of this year, despite all the efforts of Ukraine to continue the humanitarian mission of returning prisoners of war, authorized representatives of the Russian side have been systematically complicating the exchange process.
In order to justify its inaction, the Russian side is preparing charges against Ukraine. In particular, the Coordinating Staff on the Treatment of Prisoners of War is being prepared to denounce the exaggeration of the requirements regarding the exchange formula and the intention to return servicemen of all units without exception, in particular those to which the Russian authorities harbor special propagandist fury.
The aggressor country continues to violate all norms of international humanitarian law, using the topic of prisoners for information and psychological operations against Ukrainian society, especially against the vulnerable category - families of prisoners and missing persons.
From our side, nothing has changed in the negotiation process since we managed to bring home more than 300 of our defenders every month. The opposing side's attempt to make excuses, rather than continue the humanitarian mission of exchanging prisoners, shows that they are little concerned about the fate of a large number of Russian prisoners of war who were captured on foreign soil, especially during the recent "meat assaults", as well as their families.
🇺🇦 Ukraine and the Coordination Headquarters are working every day on the return of all our defenders and search for the missing. The negotiation process with the opposite party continues. We are ready to hand over Russian prisoners of war to their families only by the returning of our Defenders home.
