RBC Ukraine claims that a press conference with Ukrainian prisoners of war is being prepared in Hungary

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A press conference with Ukrainian prisoners of war is being prepared in Hungary. They are expected to criticize Ukraine and thank the Russian Orthodox Church, which allegedly helped hand them over to the Hungarian side.

This was reported to RBC-Ukraine by sources close to the Ukrainian special services.

According to one of the interlocutors, publicly making such statements was a prerequisite for their extradition from Russia.

"At a press conference, the prisoners have to tell how they were allegedly forcibly mobilized, in what allegedly bad conditions they fought, how good the Hungarian government and the Russian Orthodox Church are, and so on. Such public activity with criticism of Ukraine and gratitude to the Russian Orthodox Church was voiced by Ukrainian prisoners as a prerequisite for their transfer from Russia," the source said.

The informed interlocutor clarified that the whereabouts of the prisoners are concealed from Ukraine, and there is no communication with them. In addition, the prisoners are under armed guard and still do not have the possibility of free movement and return to Ukraine.
The Russian Orthodox Church handed over some of the prisoners to Hungary

Earlier it became known that the Russian Orthodox Church and its Patriarch Kirill plan to transfer at least 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary in order to restore the lost legitimacy of the church, which was subject to extensive international sanctions.

It was also noted that Russia plans to play the so-called "Hungarian card" to actualize the imaginary problems of alleged "Transcarpathian separatism."

According to Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyiv has no official confirmation of the transfer of prisoners of war to Hungary. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has contacted its Hungarian counterparts on this issue.

"And as of now (as of the morning of June 9 - ed.), the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not confirmed this information. In addition, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister for Religious Affairs Zsolt Szemien. As of now, their government also does not confirm the information posted on the ROC website," Yusov noted.

In particular, the information about the transfer of prisoners of war has not been confirmed by international organizations, including, for example, the Red Cross Committee.