Medvedev: Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters not convicted of genocide can be forgiven. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council said this in an interview with Russian media.

Medvedev emphasized that the Russian Armed Forces treat Ukrainian prisoners of war very humanely. Earlier, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin said that Russian fighters took a large number of Ukrainian military prisoners during the assault on Avdeevka. He added that the prisoners were taken by the Russian military.