He noted that the UN participated in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, but was not involved in the issue of the exit of military personnel.
“This is not our area of expertise.
What we insisted on was the need for an exchange of prisoners as soon as possible to solve the problem, ”Guterres explained.
On May 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the armed forces had completely liberated the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol: 2,439 Ukrainian military and Azov militants had laid down their arms and surrendered.
According to the head of the Ministry of Justice of the DPR, Yuri Sirovatko, there are about 2.3 thousand prisoners of war from Azovstal on the territory of the republic.
He added that for such crimes, which were committed by Ukrainian militants from Azovstal, the DPR provided for the death penalty, but the decision would be made by the court.