270 ukraiņi atgriezies no Krievijas gūsta; starp viņiem 35 «Azov» cīnītāji
23. oktobrī, trešajā lielā apmaiņas posmā, Ukraina no Krievijas gūsta atgriezās 270 ukraiņu. Starp atgriezušajiem bija 61 Nacionālās gvardijas 3057. vienības karavīrs, tostarp 35 «Azov» vienības cīnītāji, kuri bija ies internēti ilgāk par četriem gadiem pēc Mariupoles aizstāvēšanas.
Galvenais
- 23. oktobrī no Krievijas gūsta atgriezās 270 ukraiņu.
- Atgriezušajiem bija 261 karavīrs un deviņi civiliedzīvotāji.
- 61 atgriezušies bija Nacionālās gvardijas 3057. vienības karavīri, tostarp 35 «Azov» cīnītāji.
- B majority of the released were defenders of Mariupol who had spent more than four years in captivity.
- Five survivors of the July 2022 Olenivka attack were among those released.
- Among the released were 86 servicemembers whom Russia had sentenced.
- More than 500 Azov fighters reportedly remain in Russian captivity.
Kāpēc tas ir svarīgi
Apmaiņa atbrīvoja lielu grupu ukraiņu karavīru un civiliedzīvotāju, зокрема тих, хто перебував у полоні з 2022. roku Mariupolės оборони. Tarp звільнених були люди, яких раніше вважали загиблими в Оленівці, 86 засуджених у Росії військовослужбовців та захисники, які провели в полоні шість і вісім років. Понад 500 бійців «Азову» залишаються в російському полоні, тому робота щодо їхнього повернення триває.
Kas notika
У third stage of the large prisoner exchange on 23 October, 270 Ukrainians returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity. According to reports detailing the composition of the group, it included 261 servicemembers and nine civilians. Among them were 61 servicemembers of the 3057 unit of the National Guard of Ukraine and 35 fighters of the Azov special-purpose unit. Most of those released had taken part in the 86-day defense of Mariupol and then spent more than four years in Russian captivity.
The exchange also included five people who had survived the Russian attack in Olenivka in July 2022 and were previously believed to have been killed. Three servicemembers of the National Guard captured at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on 24 February 2022 also returned: Oleksandr Shyrokan, Yurii Pindak and Vladyslav Yakymenko. Five servicemembers from Chernihiv region returned as well, together with civilian Oleh Tryhub.
The release was carried out by the Joint Centre for the Search and Release of POWs, the Coordination Staff on the Treatment of POWs and other authorized structures acting on instructions from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The SBU published exclusive footage from the exchange, including released servicemembers calling their relatives to tell them they were home.
Kā to atspoguļo Ukrainas avoti
Ukrainian reporting highlights the affiliation of the released personnel with the 3057 National Guard unit and the Azov unit, as well as their participation in the defense of Mariupol. The coverage emphasizes the long duration of captivity, cases of personnel previously listed as missing, the five Olenivka survivors, and the coordination of the release by Ukraine’s authorized institutions acting on the president’s instructions. Personal accounts focus on the psychological consequences of long captivity and the first contact with relatives after release.
Kur atspoguļojums atšķiras
Some reports describe all 270 released people as prisoners of war or servicemembers, while another specifies that the group consisted of 261 servicemembers and nine civilians.
Konteksts
The exchange on 23 October was described as the third stage of a larger prisoner exchange. The servicemembers released from the 3057 unit and the Azov unit had participated in the 86-day defense of Mariupol and then remained in Russian captivity for more than four years. Earlier stages had brought home 103 Ukrainian servicemembers on 19 August, in the 77th exchange since Russia’s full-scale invasion, and 10 servicemembers previously considered missing on 24 August.