INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine on Monday aired a video showing Viktor Medvedchuk, a detained pro-Russia tycoon and ally of President Vladimir Putin, seeking to be
exchanged in return for an evacuation of civilians and troops from the besieged port city of Mariupol.Mariupol has become a symbol of
Ukraine's unexpectedly fierce resistance since Russian troops invaded the former Soviet state and pro-democratic country on Feb
24."I want to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to exchange me for Ukrainian defenders and
residents of Mariupol," he said in the video published by Kyiv's security services, wearing black clothes and looking directly into the
camera.Medvedchuk, who escaped from house arrest after Russia's invasion and was detained last week, said the troops and residents there "do
not have the possibility of a safe exit through humanitarian corridors."Medvedchuk is one of Ukraine's richest people and is known for his
exchanging him for Ukrainians detained by Russia, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky floated the idea of a swap.Separately on Monday
Russian state TV broadcast a video Monday of what it described as "Britons" captured fighting for Ukraine demanding that Prime Minister
Boris Johnson negotiate their release.The two men shown in the video asked to be exchanged for Medvedchuk, who had been accused of treason
