Moscow will consider exchanging prisoners from Ukraine's Azov battalion for Viktor Medvedchuk, a wealthy Ukrainian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin, a Russian negotiator said today.
"We are going to study the possibility," said Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of Russia's negotiating team on Ukraine, speaking from the separatist city of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Mr Medvedchuk, 67, is a politician and one of Ukraine's richest people and is known for his close ties to Mr Putin. He is also a politician.
He escaped from house arrest after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February but was re-arrested in mid-April.
Yesterday, the Russian army announced that the last defenders of the strategic port city of Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine, had surrendered after holding out at the Azovstal steelworks for weeks.
Among the Ukrainian fighters who gave themselves up to the Russian troops were members of the Azov regiment, a former paramilitary unit which has integrated into the Ukrainian armed forces.
Russia describes the unit, which has previous links to far-right groups, as a neo-Nazi organisation.
On 26 May, the Russian Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a request to classify the Azov regiment as a "terrorist organisation," which could complicate an exchange of these prisoners.
Denis Pushilin, leader of the Donetsk separatists, said today that the Ukrainian soldiers who defended the Azovstal plant should be put on trial.
"I believe that a legal case is inevitable: justice must prevail," said Mr Pushilin, quoted by Ria Novosti at the same news conference at which Mr Slutsky spoke.
BritishNaija: Why are you crying more than the bereaved? Is evething propaganda to you guys?
It's propaganda to them because it is anti Russia.
They are fanatical over Russia to the extent one of them wished me death yesterday over a post I made about a Ukrainian successful killing of a Russian commando.
Dvdpity: That edited video doesn't even look real. The background are not even thesame. If you said that it was geolocated. Ukrainian propagandas doesn't correlate at all. Look at the two backgrounds they are not even thesame. At least use your eyes even if your brain is no more working.
Just say you have eye problems and we would understand.
Experts have confirmed it already as proof that your brain is actually not working
olas24u: Yeah, because I don't know why an African will be supporting Ukraine, where were you when Putin was talking about expansion to the east for good 8years.
All this pain over a very valuable 240mm self propelled heavy mortar destroyed by Ukrainian forces
atmy1: Great. Now we have established the reason you do what you do. You are a real Russian hater. So it really doesn't matter what the fact is, any shred of hope must be held on to and exxergerated. Clap for yourself.
You are also a Ukrainian hater. The world needs balance doesn't it?
olas24u: Nationalism and pratrotism and defending your country from invaders receive and make you evil. Russians never colonised any African country, they don't chase after our resources. They are good people.
olas24u: You don't know about Ukraine, and I doubt if you have been there. A multipolar world will liberate Africans, a world with a single power will keep us on the same spot forever.
atmy1: I can't even argue this one with you, I have been seeing it on Twitter and also had the same thought when I saw that silly Russian reporter beside the equipment yesterday. But bro, you get work? You literally eat and breathe Ukrainian propaganda. I hope you are being paid well for it though.
Modified, the equipment may have been destroyed but remember, there were only two soldiers manning it in the earlier video, so how come we have catastrophic explosions with several Russian dead? This is exactly the difference between report and propaganda. One or two soldiers may have died but you decided to exaggerate and multiply it. This is exactly what is not helping Ukraine. It will backfire eventually when Russia's destruction of Ukraine becomes too obvious but nobody pities them again.
Not 2 soldiers, several. At least 7. I am sure you can see several.other soldiers in the background some short distance away from those Manning the mortar. Watch the video again and yes I get an orgasm when I see Russian destruction same way you get your orgasm from.seeing Ukrainian destruction. Shey na wetin you wan hear be that?
olas24u: A war is different from a minor operation, you see the best of the best of Ukrainian soliders surrendered recently. The Russian soliders that went on the operation are just a small fraction of Russian army, like boys scout. When the elite Russian army arrive nko, the whole place will kaput.
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Nobody asked you for all this rambling. Go and read your book or better yet sit back and enjoy watching the video up there over and over again
olas24u: Luhask, donesk, karkiv, are all Russian football field. Go and lesson to the odessa mayor, after the bears landed there.
Yes their football field yet they couldn't overrun Ukraine in 2 weeks as they claimed and we are heading to the 90th day
The way you Putin bots reason and paint images to yourselves I am sure every night you would tell yourselves that Ukraine is just clapping for Russia in this war and not fighting back right?
Yesterday a Russian Journalist on the front lines published a report from Rubizhne Luhansk Oblast right from where a Russian 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self propelled heavy mortar was positioned and shelling the Ukrainian positions from.
The video was posted on the Russian telegram channel but found it's way to Twitter.
Twitter netizens supporting Ukraine geolocated the 240 mm heavy mortar and published it.
Today the Ukrainian forces destroyed the heavy Russian equipment via drones with several Russian dead as the entire area was shelled by the Ukrainian forces. The explosion was catastrophic.
Worthy of note is that Russia only has 40 of these 240mm heavy mortars and now they are down to 39.
The war still rages in Rubizhne for dominance.
Video of the 240mm heavy mortar and the Russian Journalist yesterday
Elvis778: Lol, people go just come online dey deceive themselves thinking they are deciving us, pulling cheap assumptions here and there....oya organise a 1M match for your Candidate, nationwide without money let's see..... people will be on the streets for your candidate even when he's yet to clinch the ticket? You are a funny man. Just take a look at this movement, people used their own skill and money to print t-shirts, Aprons and designed posters too, ordinary citizens, not paid actors, that's love... people are desperate to turn this country around for good and it's going to happen before our eyes including you. With what we saw today what do you think will happen when he gets the ticket? You will see a replica of the momentum the youths used during endsars.
We4all: We don’t need beaches. No westerner from a developed country will come all the way to Nigeria just to visit this beach. We need a better Nigeria and not this.
You are wrong actually. They are flocking to Africa every day and when they do one of their best port of call are our beaches because of our warm weather and pleasant water temperatures.
Very affordable. Infact entrance is free and drinks are free if you have 6 people entering with you but if you have less than 3 you pay entry fee and pay for drinks and food.
In fact the girls in white are also free. Just point at the one you want.. they are complimentary
Elvis778: Lol, you wish, check out what happened in ABJ, considering this is a candidate that hasn't even won the primaries, didn't buy the crowd and didn't even ask for it. But people came out willingly and happily on feet and even with their cars in this fuel scarcity . Common, tell your self the truth, no candidate can pull this crowd nationwide without money.
Nigeria is a country of over 200million people out of which about 10 to 18 percent actually vote and you think that every single candidate would not have at least a handful of supporters like PO has?
Even if Portable comes out tomorrow to say he wants to be President you will also see his supporters on the streets
I am loving this film because na here I go stay dey laugh when una eye go clear
Elvis778: Lol, you lots think gaslighting will work on PO supporters, think again please.... E go shock all of una, chop Ur Campaign money while it lasts.
Nobody is gaslighting you ooo
Can I not state my own observation in peace again?