Russian Foreign Ministry claims it's too early to talk about exchanging Azovstal defenders.

Kremlin-controlled media Ria Novosti reported, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, that a possible exchange will be considered once the Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol to Russian-controlled territory are "appropriately convicted and sentenced." Other Russian media earlier reported that Azovstal defenders would be tried by a tribunal in Mariupol. Ukraine initially said that they would be exchanged for Russian POWs.