On the evening of June 28, ten Ukrainian civilians were returned from Russian captivity, some of whom had been imprisoned for six to seven years. During their captivity, they had lost a lot of weight and, due to the lack of necessary medical care, returned with worsened illnesses.
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Photos of prisoners before and after their captivity were released on Saturday, June 29, by Human Rights Commissioner Dmitry Lubinets.
Lost kilograms, haggard faces, aggravated illnesses due to lack of medical care – this is what is visible to the naked eye, and confirmation of how Russia has been violating international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions for years, he noted.
According to Lubinets, in Belarus, prisoners were kept in better conditions and, accordingly, have better physical and moral condition.
The Belarusian side also returned personal documents to the released prisoners. The Russian side did not provide a single document to the prisoners who returned home.
On the evening of June 28, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced that ten civilian hostages had been returned from captivity in the Russian Federation and Belarus. This:
- Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, held since 2021, Nariman Jelal;
- Valery Matyushenko, has not seen his relatives since 2017;
- Elena Pekh, whom her daughter has been expecting since 2018;
- Bohdan Geleta and Ivan Levitsky – priests of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who resisted the occupation forces in Berdyansk;
- Nikolay Shvets;
- Natalia Zakharchenko;
- Pavel Kuprienko;
- Lyudmila Goncharenko;
- Ekaterina Bryukhanova.
Source: Racurs
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