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Over 140 Ukrainian citizens arrested by Russia on politically motivated charges - MFA More than 140 Ukrainian citizens currently remain illegally detained by Russia on politically motivated charges, and this number continues to grow. 1 268 3 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Ukrainian Yatskin sentenced to 11 years in prison in occupied Crimea The so-called Supreme Court of Crimea illegally sentenced Ukrainian citizen Ivan Yatskin to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony. 1 020 2 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
475 Ukrainians detained or were detained in Russia 475 Ukrainians are detained or were detained in the territory of the Russian Federation as the prosecutor’s office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol reported. 580 2 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea 
Ukraine demands that Russia release reporter Asieiev Ukraine used UN General Assembly as a playground to stress on the release of political prisoners illegally held in Russia. 919 3 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
113 Ukrainians kept in Russia may be exchanged in 2019 Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova stated that 113 Ukrainians, including 89 Crimean Tatars, deterred in Russiaю 1 988 45 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Prisoner swap 
John Bolton: US hopes more Ukrainian prisoners will be released Assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs (NSA) John Bolton has stated that the exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia is a major development and the United States hopes that more Ukrainian prisoners will be released. 727 13 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Prisoner swap 
Security Service of Ukraine: no POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine today There will be no official exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia on Friday. 18 020 181 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Sentsov still in Butyrskaya prison Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who was convicted in Russia of terrorism, is still in the Butyrskaya prison. 3 930 68 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Office of President of Ukraine: Prisoner swap still ongoing The information about the completion of the prisoner exchange between Ukraine and the Russian Federation is untrue. The process of prisoner swap is still ongoing. 7 079 77 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Arrival of Ukrainians held in Russia expected on Friday Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Ukrainian MP Akhtem Chiygoz has announced the release of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia on Friday, August 30. 4 551 19 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Sentsov transferred to Butyrskaya prison Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who had been convicted of terrorism, was transferred to Moscow's Detention Facility No. 2, also known as the Butyrskaya prison. 5 693 43 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Ukraine-Russia exchange of captives: Zelenskyi expects first results within next several days The first results in the exchange of Ukrainian and Russian captives could appear in the next few days. 10 101 184 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Kremlin’s political prisoner Oleksandr Steshenko returns to Ukraine Kharkiv resident Oleksandr Steshenko, convicted in the annexed Crimea in 2018, has been released and returned to Ukraine. 2 412 14 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Sushchenko could be exchanged or returned to Ukraine for serving time there Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko could be either exchanged for some Russian prisoner detained in Ukraine or be brought back to Ukraine where he would serve time in jail. 2 303 85 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence given to Ukrainian Hryb Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed the sentence handed down to Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb, who was convicted for instigating acts of terrorism. 3 954 9 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Volker: Kremlin uses Ukrainian sailors to influence parliamentary elections Russian authorities seek to use the illegally detained Ukrainian sailors and provision of expedited Russian citizenship to residents of Donbas to have an impact on the results of Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections. 2 726 76 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Zelenskyi discloses details of phone call with Putin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has disclosed the details of a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 11 during which they also discussed the release of prisoners. 16 162 289 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Volker hopes Moscow will agree to prisoner exchange The US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has said he hopes that Russia will agree to the prisoner exchange and, if successful, it will be the result of direct engagement between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents. 9 025 141 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Prisoner swap 
Zelenskyi, Merkel hold phone talks on Donbas President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi has discussed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone ways to further accelerate peaceful settlement in Donbas. 3 564 97 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Russian ombudsperson arrives in Kyiv, meets Ukrainian counterpart The visit concerns the ongoing trial of the Russian RIA Novosti's Kyiv office chief Kirill Vyshinsky. 2 836 15 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
SBU put on wanted list investigator of FSB of Russia investigating case Of arrested Ukrainian Hryb The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has put on a wanted list the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) investigator Pavel Karpenyuk, who was investigating the case of the Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb arrested in Russia. 1 855 7 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Peskov calls Zelenskyi-Putin conversation pragmatic The initial phone call between Ukrainian and Russian Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Vladimir Putin on July 11 was pragmatic and lasted for 20 minutes, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. 14 416 112 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Klimkin: Putin uses sailors as bargaining chip Putin will fulfill the decision of the UN Tribunal and release 24 Ukrainian sailors soon, but not that simple. 2 581 50 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Zelenskyi wants to bring Foreign Minister Klimkin to responsibility Pavlo Klimkin did not inform on Russia's note about Ukrainian sailors captured in Kerch Strait in November, 2018 16 223 261 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Zerkal thinks Russia return Ukrainian sailors soon Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration Olena Zerkal has said she is convinced that Russia will soon release captured Ukrainian seamen in a manner not related to the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). 13 592 70 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Herashchenko receives letters from political prisoners Sushchenko and Abseitov. PHOTO First Deputy Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko has received letters from Ukrainian political prisoners Roman Sushchenko and Zevri Abseitov who thank Ukrainians for their support. 1 012 15 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
US embassy appalled by Russian court's decision to extend detention of Ukrainian sailors The United States has called for the immediate return of servicemen and vessels to Ukraine. 4 892 9 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Ukrainian hostages in Russia Azov Sea blockade 
Russian court extends arrest of captured Ukrainian sailors. VIDEO&PHOTOS The Lefortovsky District Court in Moscow has extended the arrest of Ukrainian prisoners of war. 3 726 29 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Political prisoner Hryb eats, takes medicine, shows interest in Ukrainian politics Hryb ceased the hunger strike, which lasted for four days. 673 2 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Ukrainian political prisoner Balukh tried in Crimea relocated to Tver Illegally convicted Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh has been delivered to a detention facility in Tver, Russia. 680 1 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Ukrainian political prisoner Pavlo Hryb will die without surgery, - father. VIDEO The boy's father added that there is a risk of internal bleeding that could lead to Pavlo's death. 4 419 49 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Ukraine urges Russia to swap prisoners '25 for 25' Kyiv has proposed to Moscow that 25 Ukrainians held in Russia be exchanged for 25 Russians convicted in Ukraine, Iryna Heraschenko, the first deputy chairperson of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada and Kyiv's representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group for Donbas, said. 2 566 45 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Pavlo Hryb might not survive in prison, – father The only hope is that he will be swapped. 1 940 27 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Court in Russia sentenced Pavlo Hryb to six years in prison The North Caucasus Regional Military Court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb to six years in standard regime penal colony for terrorism. 8 616 151 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Russian prosecutors ask for six years prison for Kremlin’s Ukrainian prisoner Pavlo Hryb. VIDEO In the Russian Rostov-on-Don, the debate began on the case of the Ukrainian political prisoner Pavlo Hryb. 3 313 28 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Documentary about Ukrainian political prisoners of Kremlin showed at EP. VIDEO&PHOTOS March 19, a documentary dubbed Putin's hostages: Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin was shown in the session hall of the European Parliament. 1 893 13 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Russia-held Ukrainian Hryb might die without immediate surgery, father says The father of Ukrainian political prisoner in Russia Pavlo Hryb says his son has symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. 3 994 26 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Ukrainian hostages, excluded from swap lists, could be tortured to death in occupied territories, - Iryna Herashchenko Ukrainian hostages whose names are not on the swap lists could have been killed or tortured to death in the occupied Donbas territories. 9 531 56 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Ukrainian hostages in Russia Prisoner swap 
Pavlo Hryb reports torture used during his abduction from Belarus. PHOTO The FSB officers who have kidnapped Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb in the territory of Belarus tortured him and filmed it on camera. 12 597 69 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Russia court extends arrest for all captive Ukraine sailors and SBU officers The Moscow Lefortovo Court extended the arrest of four remaining captive Ukrainian sailors until April 24, 2019. 5 654 45 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Ukrainian hostages in Russia Azov Sea blockade 
"His sight decreased, he is nearly blind," - lawyer on Kremlin’s Ukrainian prisoner Hryb Ukrainian political prisoner Pavlo Hryb, who is unlawfully held in the Russian prison, is unable to read and cannot even see faces properly. 5 941 80 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
"They voiced no complaints, complemented food," - lawyer on Ukrainian sailors’ detention conditions, health The Ukrainian sailors who are held in the Moscow-based Lefortovo prison have been placed in refurbished cells with new toilets and hot water. The chief physician of the infirmary assesses the condition of the wounded held in the Matrosskaya Tishina prison as stable and satisfactory. 8 532 84 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
MP Iryna Herashchenko: Ukraine ready to pardon over 60 criminals to swap them for hostages held in occupied Donbas Ukraine is ready to hold the next stage of the release immediately and pardon all those who fall within the scope of the Minsk agreements, for the sake of the release of Ukrainian hostages. 934 19 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Ukraine's journalist Sushchenko convoyed to Russian Kirov Oblast-based penal colony Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko unlawfully convicted in the Russian Federation on trumped-up espionage charges was convoyed to a high-security penal colony in the Kirov Oblast. 1 030 7 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
"Don’t worry too much, I’ve survived," - Sentsov wrote letter to human rights activist Crimea-born filmmaker Oleh Sentsov convicted in Russia on trumped-up terrorism charges feels much better than a month ago. 1 997 8 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
Putin hates Poroshenko therefore no dialogue on political prisoners release possible between them, Mejlis deputy head says Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not discuss the release of prisoners with incumbent president of Ukraine as he bears a personal grudge against Poroshenko. 13 875 332 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia End of Sentsov's hunger strike means he is in critical condition, Ukraines' ombudsperson says Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner, Liudmyla Denisova says Oleh Sentsov has stopped his nearly five-month hunger strike. 4 607 38 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Russian penitentiary agency claims Sentsov stopped hunger-striking Deputy Chief of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Valeriy Maksimenko, said Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov stopped the hunger strike he went on May 14. 2 388 18 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia 
