Russia accused of ‘double crossing’ Ukraine over deal to free fighters trapped in Azovstal steelworks
- Moscow had agreed exchange of hundreds of members of the Azov Regiment
- Troops hold up in the Azovstal steelworks were supposed to be prisoner swap
- But Russian parliament said it will vote to prevent ‘Nazi war criminal’ exchange
- Ukraine minister Hanna Malyar dismissed the threats as ‘internal propaganda’
Russia has been accused of double crossing Ukraine as officials moved to pull back on an agreement to free captured troops from the Azovstal steelworks.
Moscow had agreed to exchange hundreds of members of the Azov Regiment – the Ukrainian unit holed up in the Soviet-era steel mill – in a prisoner swap earlier this week.
However Russia’s parliament has now announced it will vote on a resolution to…
