Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk appealed in a video released by Ukraine's security services on Monday to be handed over to Moscow in a prisoner swap for Ukrainian troops and civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Medvedchuk appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a video published by the SBU security service on Facebook. It is not clear how freely Medvedchuk speaks in the video.
He said it was "a plea for the Ukrainian side to exchange me for the defenders of Mariupol and its citizens who are there at this time not having the opportunity to safely exit through the humanitarian corridor," he was quoted as saying by Rueters, Monday (18/4).
Medvedchuk was placed under house arrest last year to face charges of treason and terrorism financing, which he denies.
He fled days after the Russian invasion began in February, but was later captured by the Ukrainians.
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