Protesters have expressed frustration with what they are saying is poor authorities communication and lack of readability relating to the destiny of kinfolk lacking whereas combating Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Thousands of individuals took half in an indication in Kiev to demand the Ukrainian authorities do extra to safe the discharge of prisoners of conflict held in Russia.
Protesters additionally referred to as on authorities to step up efforts to find service personnel registered as lacking.
The occasion started with a minute of silence, after which the Honor Guard Orchestra of the Separate Presidential Brigade of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky performed the Ukrainian nationwide anthem.
“We got here right here to not be forgotten, to get consideration, in order that after they returned, they might see that they weren’t forgotten right here,” stated Yulia, the spouse of a lacking soldier.
There have been semi-regular protests in Ukraine demanding solutions concerning the whereabouts of lacking family members.
Protesters have expressed frustration with what they are saying is poor authorities communication and lack of readability relating to the destiny of kinfolk lacking whereas combating Russia’s full-scale invasion.
“There is silence, silence throughout. My brothers, nobody says something, simply because the command is silent”, complained the spouse of one other lacking soldier, Tetiana.
Russia and Ukraine have carried out exchanges of prisoners of conflict for the reason that early days of the conflict, the final of which passed off on December 30 final yr.
This change, the 59th between the 2 international locations, noticed the change of 150 Ukrainian troopers for an equal variety of Russian troopers.
Ukraine has not made public the variety of prisoners of conflict at present held by Russia, however the quantity is believed to be greater than 8,000.
Kiev stated in April that the entire variety of lacking Ukrainians – each fighters and civilians – amounted to almost 37,000, however officers stated calculating the precise quantity is troublesome and the determine could possibly be a lot increased.
Kiev underneath assault
Meanwhile, at the very least three individuals have been killed in a Russian missile and drone assault on Kiev within the early hours of Saturday morning.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, different simulator drones and 4 ballistic missiles over the capital.
Ukrainian air protection forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. Another 14 drone simulators have been misplaced on web site, the assertion stated.
The Kiev metropolis army administration stated three individuals have been injured within the assault.
ANNOUNCEMENTUkraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office stated in an announcement that the victims included a safety guard at a meals plant and individuals who have been in a minibus on the road.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated home windows have been damaged within the metropolis’s Shevchenkivskyi neighborhood and there was smoke on the entrance to a residential constructing.
A water provide pipe was additionally broken, he added.
The Lukyanivska metro station was closed after the assaults broken its glass entrance, however was later reopened.
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