Zelensky has threatened to refuse to negotiate with Russia. "trial" Percentage of prisoners held in Mariupol

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In a video speech on August 22, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would permanently renounce negotiations with Russia if Ukrainian prisoners of war were tried in Mariupol.

Now there is enough media coverage that in Mariupol they are preparing an absolutely disgusting and ridiculous trial of our soldiers, the defenders of Ukraine, prisoners of the occupiers .. All agreements, all international In violation of the rules, brought into this landscape, if there is abuse .. Russia will cut itself off from the negotiations. Conversation is lost. Our state says it all.

According to Russian and Ukrainian media, a trial is being prepared in Mariupol against fighters of the Azov regiment, in what the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) calls a “court.” Life in early August It was published A video from the Mariupol Philharmonic Orchestra shows the installation of metal cages for the defendants for the upcoming trial.

Denis Pusilin, head of the DNR, said: responded He said that preparations for the trial were nearing an end and that such statements by Zelensky had no effect.

The last time Russian and Ukrainian delegations met face-to-face was in Istanbul in late March. Negotiators then communicated via video link. In May, delegates suspended negotiations, accusing each other of derailing the process.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/08/22/zelensky-threatens-to-refuse-negotiations-with-russia-if-trial-of-pows-is-held-in-mariupol Zelensky has threatened to refuse to negotiate with Russia. "trial" Percentage of prisoners held in Mariupol