The corresponding video was published on the Telegram channel of the SBU.

“I want to appeal to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky with a request that the Ukrainian side exchange me for the defenders of Mariupol and residents,” he said.

Earlier, two British subjects captured in Donbass called on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to exchange them for Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who was detained in Ukraine.