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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky He said that Kyiv is indeed ready to replace the Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk. However, no answer has yet been received from Moscow.
Zelenský has previously announced the arrest of Medvedchuk. Opposition politician Oksan Marchenko later demanded his release, but Kyiv did not respond.
On Saturday, Medvedchuk's wife announced the capture of British mercenaries Aiden Eslin and Sean Pinner in the Donbas. They surrendered to the People's Militia fighters DLR and the Russian Armed Forces in Mariupol. Marchenko called on British relatives to ask British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “influence the Ukrainian leadership” and replace them with her husband.
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakhar later said London should respond quickly to Marchenko's request. . The diplomat noted that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had visited Kyiv so long ago, should know about the fate of his subjects in the United Kingdom. That means he shouldn't hesitate to answer.