In total, a major operation was carried out in four countries that day.
“Azov” was conducted exclusively with the Federal Security Service of Russia, and on the very day of the exchange, several different operations took place in four countries, writes “Ukrainian Pravda” in its article with reference to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Russian Federation Kyryl Budanov and the head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak .
“The Russians have a certain tension and competition between law enforcement agencies. Our commanders were already under investigation by the FSB, so the most difficult negotiations were in this direction,” Budanov noted.
In particular, Prokopenko, Volynskyi, Palamar, Shlega and Khomenko were held in various detention centers in Moscow, and therefore they were under the “guardianship” of the FSB, not the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian Federation.
Because of this, the negotiations on the exchange had two lines: the exchange of Medvedchuk and the exchange of commanders from Azovstal.
At first, the negotiations on the exchange of Viktor Medvedchuk from the Russian side were conducted by the Russian GRU. However, in the last stages of the exchange of Putin's best man, the director of the Federal Service of Russia, Oleksandr Bortnikov, was personally involved.
As for the release of the commanders of “Azov”, the negotiations were conducted exclusively with the FSB. Budanov noted that the exchange could have dragged on for a long time if the “Azovians” had started to be “judged”.
The head of the president's office Andriy Yermak noted that the exchange was being prepared for several months, but the final confirmation came only a few days before the event itself. The operation was planned in four countries, but it never started on time and was delayed for about eight hours.
First, 10 foreign prisoners who were defending Ukraine flew from Russia to the capital. of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
After the plane landed in SA – at the border in the Chernihiv region, security forces led by the head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyukmet 200 prisoners who were exchanged for Medvedchuk. Ukrainians were brought to the exchange in handcuffs, on KamAZ trucks.
At the same time, a group of 55 Russian soldiers, who were given for the release of five Mariupol defense commanders, moved to the other side of the border in Chernihiv Oblast.
After the release of 200 people from Azovstal, in Warsaw, a Ukrainian convoy put Viktor Medvedchuk on a Turkish plane and escorted him to Ankara.
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Meanwhile, in the capital of Turkey, the head of the Ministry of Defense Budanov and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrskyi met the commanders released from captivity.
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