By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine's president proposed early Wednesday the exchange of Russian President Vladimir Putin's close friend Viktor Medvedchuk for Ukrainians in Russian captivity.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the offer to Russia in a video posted on Telegram.
On Tuesday, Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine in a special operation captured the fugitive oligarch Medvedchuk.
Sharing a photo of Medvedchuk sitting in a chair with his hands cuffed, Zelenskyy said on his Telegram account: "A special operation was carried out thanks to the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine). Well done!"
Last year, a treason case was opened in Ukraine against Medvedchuk, the leader of the opposition party Opposition Platform - For Life.
He was reported to have escaped house arrest just after Russia’s war on Ukraine began on Feb. 24.