Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned residence, from a go to to Turkey, with 5 commanders of Ukraine’s former garrison in Mariupol, a transfer Russia stated violated the phrases of a prisoner alternate deal engineered final yr.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Saturday that Ankara had promised beneath the alternate settlement to maintain the boys in Turkey and complained that Moscow had not been knowledgeable of the transfer.
The 5 commanders, lionised as heroes in Ukraine, led final yr’s defence of the southern port of Mariupol, the largest metropolis Russia has captured in its invasion. 1000’s of civilians have been killed inside Mariupol when Russian forces laid the town to waste throughout a three-month siege.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride experiences from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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