Ukrainian civilian hostages of Russia have become a new system of suppressing the population in the temporarily occupied territories. As of now, 28,000 confirmed citizens of Ukraine are in captivity in the Russian Federation.
The number of Ukrainian civilian hostages in the Russian Federation has increased
Today, about 28,000 Ukrainians are in Russian captivity. In this way, the occupiers seek to suppress the local population's resistance in the temporarily occupied territories.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets announced this during the "Freedom or Fear" international conference on human rights.
Civilian hostages are, in my opinion, a new system of suppressing the civilian population on the TOT (temporary occupied territories — Ed.). As this moment, 28,000 confirmed citizens of Ukraine are in captivity in the Russian Federation, he said.
The ombudsman said that the Ukrainian authorities do not have the opportunity to check their condition and do not get access to Russian prisons to deliver the necessary medicines to the captured Ukrainians. He also noted that approximately 2,000 Ukrainian prisoners are over 65 years old.
A separate list from among these 28,000 is 2,000 citizens of Ukraine, whose age is more than 65 years. There are cases when Ukrainians over the age of 80-85 are captured only for pro-Ukrainian statements. And once again, we cannot do anything about it, the Ombudsman said.
Lubinets called on the international community to support Ukraine in protecting its citizens and returning them home.
What is known about the film "Abducted Childhood"
The film by the team of the Ukrainian independent media online.ua is a scientific and psychological study of the current situation regarding the forced deportation and abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
The film contains real stories of children and their families affected by Russia's war against Ukraine, comments by leading scientists, psychologists, lawyers and experts on the protection of children's rights.
The heroes of the tape went through Russian captivity, torture, and abduction to a health camp. Some were separated from their parents during the so-called filtering measures.
