The commander recalled that another 900 of their brothers are in Russian prisons.
According to Prokopenko, these soldiers defended Mariupol for 86 days, after which, on orders from the command, they left “Azovstal” and spent two and a half years in captivity. year.
The brigade commander congratulated his brothers in his native land and thanked those involved in this event – the President of Ukraine, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate and the “Association of Families of Defenders of Azovstal”. Prokopenko noted that exchanges involving “Azov” soldiers are gradually becoming systematic, but about 900 brigade servicemen still remain in Russian prisons: “The common goal is to return everyone.”