The Armed Forces of Ukraine captured a traitor who dreams of being taken by Russia.

Crimean Tatar Abibulaev, who fought on the side of Russia against Ukraine, stated that he wishes to be included in the prisoner exchange list. He reported this to the journalists.

The Ukrainian defenders held Abibulaev captive for two years. He is a resident of occupied Donetsk and has spent most of his life in prisons.

When asked if Abibulaev understood that he was fighting against his fellow countrymen, he stated that he never had a Ukrainian passport and does not belong to any citizenship.

Abibulaev claimed that the residents of Donbas chose Russia when they chose Europe on the Euromaidan. According to him, they wanted to have the status of an autonomous republic within Ukraine, but their choice was rejected.

Abibulaev also admitted that he has two criminal convictions and spent 17 years in prison. He stated that he is now ready to become a law-abiding citizen of the Russian Federation.

Earlier, Abibulaev had talked about his search for a 'new Bandera' in Ukraine.

It is also known that fighters from the volunteer battalion 'Azov' detained three occupiers in the Toretsky direction. One of them is 19-year-old Dmytro Yaptyk, who was born in Northern Russia and belongs to the Nenets people, which is on the brink of extinction.