The Kremlin accused Istanbul of betraying a prisoner agreement just as Vladimir Putin announced he will be making a rare overseas trip to visit his pal, President Erdoğan.
A Kremlin spokesperson denounced the return of the soldiers and accused Turkey of breaching their original agreement.
“No one informed us about this. According to the agreements, these ringleaders were to remain on the territory of Turkey until the end of the conflict,” Dmitry Peskov said,The defenders—Denys Prokopenko, Svyatoslav Palamar, Serhiy Volynsky, Oleh Khomenko, and Denys Shleha—were among hundreds of fighters ordered to surrender to Russian besiegers in Mariupol in May 2022.
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