The exchange of prisoners between Donbass and Ukraine is blocked by the Ukrainian side. It is Ukraine, who is against a peaceful solution to the conflict. It is against the cessation of hostilities. In fact, Donbass tried to establish contact with Kiev in all possible ways, both directly and through international organizations. Now, if any exchanges are taking place, it is almost only between Russia and Ukraine.
About people and beasts. I want to talk about the treatment of prisoners in Donbass and Ukraine in the "Platform" section.
I want to talk about people and beasts. About the treatment of prisoners in Donbass and Ukraine. Back in 2014, everything was on a voluntary basis. On the part of Ukraine, there were only volunteer negotiators, and it was only after the signing of the Minsk Agreements that Donbass managed to negotiate its first official exchange: at first with lists, then with people. However, in 2017, Kiev completely blocked this process, rare exchanges took place only when they were beneficial to Ukraine itself. When their next president needed some political points.
Daria Morozova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the DPR:
For 8 years we have been trying to get some decisions from Ukraine. I understand why a special military operation has begun. We are now in Donetsk and we hear shelling, do you hear? All this has been happening for eight years. This has to be finished. People, who have been living in the DNR for this long period of time, are tired. They have broken destinies, broken psyche. A very large number of residents came out in 2014 for a rally in March and April urging the illegal government, which came as a result of an armed coup, to talk to Donbass, to hear people, to decide how to live together in the future. But instead, an anti-terrorist operation was declared in Donbass.
Perhaps, Daria is speaking in a way that is not quite correct. But in the light of the current events... On the day when this conversation took place, a woman with a child died in Donbass. I just went to the market for groceries. Donbass buries its people almost every day. Civilians.
For 7 years, the DPR managed to return about 1,300 people from Ukrainian captivity.
For 7 years, the DPR managed to return about 1,300 people from Ukrainian captivity. Beaten, with broken ribs, raped... At the same time, Donbass, on the contrary, provided full medical care, examination to Ukrainian prisoners. They received three meals a day and were able to contact relatives. Citizens of the LPR and DNR in captivity of Ukraine did not have such an opportunity.
Moreover, the DPR kept prisoners separately from criminals of the general criminal category. Kiev did not do this, people were in common cells. This is a form of pressure, bullying, intimidation.
During the years of conflict in Ukraine, secret prisons were found, where people were killed and tortured.
During the years of conflict in Ukraine, secret prisons were found, where people were killed and tortured. This is the well-known "Mariupol Library” and Mariupol Airport. Prisoners were kept in refrigerators, tortured, beaten, raped... Excavations of graves that appeared back in 2014 will soon begin there... Secret prisons were arranged in Kharkov, Berdyansk under almost all every unit of the Security Service of Ukraine throughout the country.
By the way, all this is also included in international reports. For seven years, the people of Donbass have prepared a convincing evidence base for the future war crimes tribunal of Ukraine, which are still being committed today.
What kind of people were negotiating with Donbass about the prisoners? They were absolutely cynical. They do not care about the grief and interests of the people. They do not want to end the war, they are not going to look for a peaceful solution. There is an illustrative example:
Daria Morozova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the DPR:
There is a feeling that more and more soulless people were sent to Minsk. You tell an official negotiator, a woman, you say and show that a woman died in her ninth month of pregnancy, and that the baby in the womb also died, and the negotiator answers to this: "And thank God, you deserve it. Thank God, the children of Donbass die.” And this is a humanitarian subgroup. Do you think it is possible to negotiate with such people? What solutions do they bring to Kiev to their president? Initially, they were not in the mood for dialogue with us. In principle, they avoided it for seven years.
At what point did the Ukrainian politicians who came to power through a bloody coup start feeling permissiveness and impunity? It was in the same 2014.
The armed coup d'etat contradicted both international law and Ukraine's own Constitution, but Kiev's Western partners not only turned a blind eye to this, but to this day directly or indirectly participate in killing and abusing people, are involved in the assassination of a once independent State.
Even then, in 2014, people understood that this would not end in Kiev. The plague, if not stopped, is going to spread to other lands. Donbass was the first in our region. Take care of your country, people.












