Zelensky pardoned 12 Russians

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree pardoning 12 Russians, according to Ukrainian lawyer Valentin Rybin.

• Who exactly is on this list is still unclear.
• The persons on the list “have already been delivered from places of serving their sentences and are at the collection point of persons who participate in the exchange,” Rybin said. He noted that this is "preparation for the start of the exchange procedure."
• The lawyer noted that now there are difficulties with the Russian Ruslan Gadzhiev, who was sentenced in Ukraine to 15 years for "act of terrorism", "creation of a terrorist organization", "waging an aggressive war." Gadzhiev commanded a tank on the side of the LPR, where he killed five Ukrainian servicemen in battle. “He was on the list, but he was never delivered to the exchange point, there is also no decree on his pardon. I assume that Ukraine does not want to extradite him,” Rybin said.
• According to him, the situation with Hajiyev may complicate the exchange between the two countries.
• Yesterday, Vladimir Putin said that the issue of the prisoner exchange would be resolved as soon as possible, pointing out that everything depends on the Ukrainian side. Now Rybin said that Ukraine "has fulfilled almost all of its obligations reached in the negotiations."