From civilians to political prisoners: Umerov assured that work is underway to launch all classes of prisoners Rustem Umerov, the Minister of Protection of Ukraine, emphasised that the crew is working to launch all classes of prisoners – from civilians to political prisoners. He stated this throughout a dialogue on the Atlantic Council, experiences the Ukrainian Voice of America. "We’ve got completely different classes of individuals [in captivity]. We’ve got army personnel. We’ve got civilians. We’ve got political prisoners – those that are in Crimea. We perceive who they’re. We’ve got names. We all know what occurred to them," Umerov stated. "So, we’re engaged on all instructions, on all classes of individuals, to get them again," the minister added. In accordance with him, the alternate of prisoners is a really tough negotiation course of, and Ukraine is involving all potential mediators in it. "It’s a very tough negotiation course of. We contain everybody, each nation that may assist us, each mediator. And we proceed to work on it," Umerov emphasised.

Rustem Umerov reported that the lists for the alternate with Russia embrace troopers from all elements of the Protection Forces, together with "Azov," in addition to civilians. Ukraine has began step one of the alternate.