Returned home in June 2016

After returning to Ukraine Gennady Afanasyev stated that he was tortured during the interrogations. In May 2016, Nadija Savchenko was also released. She had been taken as prisoner by pro-Russian militants in the Lugansk region in June 2014 and subsequently deported to Russia, where she was charged with the murder of Russian journalists.

The Ukrainians are still detained by the Russians and the separatists

The Ukrainians are still detained by the Russians and the separatists

from the imprisonment by pro-Russian fighters before the New Year. According to Ukrainian data, over 100 Ukrainians are still being held on the territory of unrecognized republics, but the number may be higher, as more than 400 people were found missing after the combat operations in Donbass. The detainees’ families appeal to the international community […]