Russia does not release civilian prisoners, many of them are women – Vereshchuk

Recently, Ukrainians cried with happiness at the sight of a large-scale exchange of prisoners. Our fighters returned home.

But many of our military and civilians remain in captivity of infidels. Irina Vereshchuk, Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, said this in an interview with BBC News Ukraine. We need to demand that they be released. They cannot be exchanged, they must be returned and there are a lot of women among them. Women need to be released because they are terrible with them,” she said.

Vereshchuk stressed that the prisoners are mocked, beaten, tortured. Therefore, the world does not only watch and silently observe when our women are killed in prison.

How many Ukrainians are in captivity

According to the minister's wife Russian infidels are still a few thousand of our citizens. We are talking about two and a half thousand.

“The worst thing is that civilians remain there. As for women, 131 women left Azovstal, and only a few were changed. One can only imagine how many women are now waiting for release,” Vereshchuk said.

How do those who were returned from captivity live

• After the exchange of our defenders on the evening of September 21, it turned out that they were all in a terrible state. the occupiers mocked them, our soldiers were starving, did not receive proper medical care. Yes, the Ukrainians organized a fundraiser for the legendary Marine Mikhail Dianov and collected the amount in a day. The warrior lacks 4 centimeters of bone, he is exhausted.
• Ukraine that evening managed to return more than 200 Ukrainians from Russian captivity, and with them, the mother of the sisters from Mariupol. The father of Kristina and Vlada was a military man and gave his life for Ukraine. Their mother, also a military man, was among the defenders of Azovstal and was taken prisoner a few months ago.
• Ekaterina Polishchuk, known as “Ptichka” from Azovstal, was also released from Russian captivity. On the night of September 24, “Bird” published the first message after captivity. She thanked for the support.