The soldiers released from

captivity

are in a shocking state - almost all 215 people have an extreme degree of anorexia.

The head of the "Azov" patronage service, Olena Tolkachova, told about this in a comment to "Ukrainian Pravda" 

"The condition of our soldiers is simply shocking. There are cases when relatives cannot recognize their relatives. Our boys are exhausted, contused, there are many hidden fractures and exacerbations of various degrees of chronic diseases," she says.

According to Tolkacheva, everyone is now receiving proper medical care, many are already undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.

The head of the patronage service of "Azov" added that the team of doctors works as harmoniously as possible to "not miss a single bruise, a single scratch."

Soon, the patronage service in cooperation with the state will send some of the defenders abroad for treatment and rehabilitation.

State authorities are working to restore all documents and bank cards that these people can use to receive wages as soon as possible.

The head of the "Azov" patronage service noted that the boys thank the GUR, the General Staff, the SBU, and the OP for their release.

It will be recalled that Ukraine and Russia conducted a large-scale exchange of prisoners. 

215 people were released from Russian captivity

, including 108 Azov fighters and 10 foreign volunteers.

In response, Ukraine released 55 occupiers and the godfather of Vladimir Putin 

, Viktor Medvedchuk

. 

In particular, 

among the dismissed are the commanders-defenders of "Azovstal"

Denys Prokopenko

 "Redis", 

Serhiy Volynskyi

"Volyn", 

Svyatoslav Palamar

 "Kalyna", 

Denys Shlega

, 

Oleg Khomenko

.

The defenders 

Maryana Mamonova

, 

Yana Shumovetska

 and 

Anastasia Chernenka

, who 

was captured while at

Nadia, were also released .

A 

list of all 215 released prisoners

was made public .

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