The Red Cross will not publish the names of the defenders of Azovstal: families can send a request

The Red Cross will not publish the names of Azovstal defenders/Channel 24 collage

The International Committee of the Red Cross will not publicly publish information about Ukrainian defenders evacuated from Azovstal. And the families of soldiers will be able to send a request for information.

The priority of the ICRC is to check the conditions of detention of prisoners of war

This was stated by the representative of the Red Cross Mirella Hodeib. She stressed that information about the number and personal data of Ukrainian soldiers withdrawn from Azovstal will remain confidential.

The representative of the organization avoided the question of how many Ukrainian soldiers withdrawn from Azovstal, including the wounded, were registered by the Red Cross .

This information is confidential. Our priority is to check the conditions of detention and treatment of prisoners of war, prevent disappearance and maintain their connection with their families. But we will not publish lists or names of people we have visited or those we will visit in the future, Hodeib said.

The ICRC spokeswoman noted that the registration of prisoners of war by the organization allows them “to feel protected at least from the risk of disappearing without a trace.”

At the same time, members of the families of the military who were withdrawn from Azovstal can find out from the ICRC whether they have been registered by the organization.

Families seeking information about missing relatives can contact the ICRC Central Tracing Agency:

• by e-mail [email protected];
• by phone +41 22 730 3600 or +380 800 300 155.

Evacuation from Azovstal: what is known< /h4>

• On May 16, the evacuation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers began from Azovstal. The defenders of Mariupol were ordered to save their lives.
• Ukrainian soldiers are taken to the temporarily occupied territories, after which they must be exchanged for Russian prisoners.
• The intelligence of the British Ministry of Defense stated that in total about 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers left Azovstal.
• In Russia, propagandists threaten to arrange a judicial reprisal against the defenders of Mariupol. At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelensky assured. that the fighters should be exchanged.
• The President of Ukraine stressed that the further situation completely depends on the parties that have assumed obligations for the defenders of Mariupol. We are talking about the UN, the Red Cross and Russia. They reportedly guaranteed that all military personnel would be safe.