Currently, 28 thousand Ukrainian civilians are in Russian captivity, - Lubinets
Currently, 28,000 confirmed citizens of Ukraine are in captivity in Russia.
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said this during the international conference on human rights "Freedom or Fear", Censor.NET reports with reference to Ukrinform.
"Civilian hostages are, in my opinion, a new system of suppressing the civilian population on the TOT. As of now, 28,000 confirmed citizens of Ukraine are held captive by the Russian Federation," he said.
According to him, the Ukrainian authorities cannot check their condition, cannot get access to Russian prisons, and cannot give them medicine.
"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 again, we can't do anything about it," the ombudsman noted.
Lubinets called on the international community to help the Ukrainian state protect its citizens and return them.
