The Ukrainian secret service seems to have succeeded in arresting Putin’s most important man in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now proposes to exchange Russia for more prisoners of war.
According to Zelenskyy, it is important “for our security forces and military to consider such a possibility”. “I propose to the Russian Federation to exchange their young for our boys and girls in Russian captivity,” Zelenskyy said.
Medvedchuk is considered a close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin and went into hiding shortly after the start of the war. He is charged with high treason and embezzlement in Kiev.
Zelenskyj: “Nobody understands the plan”
Zelenskyy has also responded to statements by Putin that the war, which Russia calls “special operations,” is proceeding according to plan. “Frankly, no one in the world understands how such a plan could be drawn up,” Zelenskyy said in a video address in Kiev on Tuesday evening.
What good is a plan that provides for the deaths of tens of thousands of your own soldiers, the head of state asked. It is clear that the number of Ukrainians killed in Moscow does not matter anyway. On Tuesday, Putin was confident that the goals of the “special operation” would be achieved.
Many question marks behind possible attack with chemical weapons
Zelenskyy quoted Ukrainian figures that 20,000 Russian soldiers had already been killed. Western estimates put the number of deaths in the thousands. The Kremlin itself only speaks of “heavy losses”.
However, it remains unclear whether Russian forces used chemical weapons in Mariupol, Zelenskyy said. It is currently not possible to be 100% sure about this. At the moment it is not possible to conduct a proper investigation in the besieged city.
Source: Krone
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