Families of prisoners of war are demanding the return of the seriously wounded, as promised by the authorities 

The families of prisoners of war who were taken captive from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol on the orders of the President of Ukraine continue to fight for the return of their loved ones. In particular, they are staging protests and going on hunger strikes. Currently, they are demanding the return of prisoners from the so-called “list of 46”—these are prisoners of war who were captured while already seriously wounded and those who are on the confirmed list.

Anastasia Gondyul, the wife of a man who was seriously wounded during the terrorist attack in Olenivka and has been in captivity for 50 months, spoke about this at the Ukraine Media Center. 

“Iryna Andriivna Vereshchuk promised that the issue of seriously wounded prisoners of war would be under her personal supervision. We were promised that in every exchange, one or two wounded prisoners from Barracks 200 would be returned. We also provided videos of our wounded and complete lists of those held captive. A year has passed, and not a single seriously wounded prisoner has returned during that time,” she said.

Anastasia Gondyul is convinced that the seriously wounded were supposed to be exchanged as part of humanitarian prisoner exchanges.

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