Klymenko: 585 employees of Ministry of Internal Affairs returned from Russian captivity

Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

"585 our employees have been returned from captivity," he said.

According to the minister, the freed employees are sent for rehabilitation after appropriate treatment, when doctors allow. Some of these people are sent for treatment abroad if necessary, if someone needs prosthetics.

"Although, for example, in the border guard service hospital, foreign specialists are already working together with our specialists, and they successfully help people to recover,” the minister assured.

According to Klymenko, most of those who return from captivity then join the army, but everything depends on their rehabilitation and treatment. "Azov members, police officers - all work, all serve and perform their duties. Someone has even returned to the combat zone, and someone is already in the rear zone ensuring the order on the territory of our state. Most of them want to and return to the army because they want to serve," the minister added.

As reported, on February 16, Ukraine and Russia conducted another exchange of prisoners of war. 100 Ukrainian military personnel and one civilian - First Deputy Enerhodar Mayor Ivan Samoydiuk - returned home.

According to Andrii Yermak, the Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, among those returned from captivity are members of the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service.