Ukraine sent for the exchange an occupier named Viktor Yavorov. He went to fight due to financial problems. Apparently, he thought it was a good idea to make some extra money by killing Ukrainians. Before signing a contract, the 25-year-old Russian worked as a shepherd in his village. As reported by “Glavcom”, Yavorov shared this in the project “I want to live”.
The occupier shared that shepherds are paid 45 thousand rubles a month, and this is "a bit too little." He also admitted that all his financial troubles have been sorted out. Viktor Yavorov spent 10 months in captivity.
Exchange of prisoners of war
It was previously reported that on Ukraine's Independence Day, there was another, the 68th, exchange of prisoners of war. According to the agreements made in Istanbul, military personnel and eight civilian Ukrainians were returned home.
In particular, the former mayor of Kherson, Volodymyr Mykolaienko, was returned from Russian captivity. Immediately after his release, he congratulated Ukrainians on the holiday. The former official noticeably lost weight in captivity, looking tired and exhausted.
Also, on August 14, 84 citizens were returned to Ukraine as part of the exchange from Russian captivity, among whom are military and civilians. This was reported by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Coordination Staff for the Treatment of Prisoners of War noted that the uniqueness of today's exchange is that it managed to free civilians and military personnel who were detained in temporarily occupied territories even before the full-scale invasion and illegally sentenced to long prison terms – from 10 to 18 years.
Ukraine sent for the exchange a Russian occupier who went to fight due to financial problems and shared his path to captivity, named Viktor Yavorov. In addition, as part of the 68th exchange of prisoners of war, Ukrainian authorities returned the mayor of Kherson home, as well as other citizens of Ukraine who were held in temporarily occupied territories.