Azov commander Redis (Denys Prokopenko) conveyed message from Turkey: he called to do everything possible to release prisoners. VIDEO
"Azov" regiment commander Denys Prokopenko (Redis), who is forced to stay in Turkey after exchange, handed over a letter to Ukrainians.
His message was read by Prokopenko's wife Kateryna, said ex-commander of the "Azov" regiment Maksym Zhorin, informs Censor.NЕТ.
Prokopenko called on to do everything possible and impossible to release Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russian captivity. In the letter he recalls how difficult it was in captivity due to lack of information, physical and psychological terror, as well as describes how difficult the exchange of prisoners is.
"They are in terrible conditions, under physical and moral pressure, under torture. The highest reward for all of us, for the "Azovites", for all units of the Mariupol garrison, is the release of our comrades-in-arms from captivity. The primary task is to release everyone and take care of their families," said Prokopenko.
"Our leadership, our families and the entire Ukrainian people have done something incredible. From time to time there was a phenomenal feeling of your support, which was metaphysically absorbed through tens of thousands of kilometers. And it gave us strength not to give up," he added.
"Every day we follow the success of our invincible army on television, keep our fingers crossed for all those who are defending our country and are in captivity at this difficult moment. It is a great disappointment for us that we cannot be with our brothers on the front line now, and we hope that the war is not over for us and we will be useful for our country.
The battle for Mariupol has become a symbol of invincibility for Ukrainians, and a cancerous tumor for Russians, where for 86 days their command sent battalion after battalion to slaughter.
Thanks to the loyalty and bravery of the soldiers of the Mariupol garrison, the locomotive of which was the "Azov" regiment, it was possible to draw back a large group of enemy forces in the south, thereby slowing down the onslaught in other directions and preventing the enemy from fully developing success in other areas of the front.
On a national scale, it allowed to regroup troops, receive the latest weapons from Western partners, mobilize fresh personnel, take over strategic initiatives along the entire contact line and conduct a number of successful counter-offensive operations," emphasized Prokopenko.
"It is a great disappointment for us that we cannot be with our brothers on the frontline now, and we hope that the war is not over for us and we will be useful for our country," Prokopenko concluded.
