The mother of the defender of Marupol spoke about her son in captivity/Collage of 24 channels< p _ngcontent-sc87="" class="news-annotation">The mother of the defender of Mariupol said that she had no contact with her son, who was captured by Russia, for a month and a half. The last time she spoke with her child was April 9.
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Mariupol defenders are being held captive in Bryansk
She shared this at a briefing by families of Mariupol defenders held in Kyiv on May 30, Channel 24 reports. According to the woman, her son was taken prisoner shortly after the last time he got in touch – on April 12.
Only a few days ago she saw her son's name in the lists of captives. According to them, the defender of Ukraine is now on the territory of enemy Russia – in Bryansk.
In addition, recently a woman saw a photo of a boy. In the photograph, his hands were behind his back, probably in handcuffs. He also lowered his head, and his face was half closed so that only his nose and eyes could be seen. “Looks like I didn't recognize him,” she remarked.
The mother of the defender said that she was recommended to look for her son on video in telegram channels. However, according to her, when the defender of Mariupol was taken prisoner, he was on a special operation, and this cannot be filmed in wartime. In any case, she did not find her son on these pages.
I want to see my son alive and well on his land, which he has defended since 2017, said the mother of the hero .
What is known about the evacuation of the military from Azovstal
- The evacuation of the Ukrainian military from Azovstal began on May 16. First of all, 53 seriously wounded defenders of Mariupol were taken out of the plant.
- The Ukrainian soldiers were taken to the territories temporarily occupied by Russia, however, as the Ministry of Defense assured, they should be returned to the territories controlled by Ukraine, exchanged for Russian prisoners.
- NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov in an exclusive interview with Channel 24 Mariupol does not use torture.
- At the same time, the commander of the Azov regiment, Denis Prokopenko, who also left Azovstal, managed to contact his wife. He told her that the conditions under which the fighters are being held captive are “more or less satisfactory”.
- They are fed and given water. The conditions meet the requirements, and they have not yet been subjected to violence.
- Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Malyar noted that Ukraine has information about the conditions of detention of the defenders, but it is not yet possible to announce it for security reasons.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross, which was involved in the registration of those evacuated from Azovstal, did not make public the number and names of the evacuated people, because this is confidential information. But relatives of Ukrainian defenders can send a request and find out what is happening with their loved ones.
