Ten Ukrainians held prisoner for years have been released from Russian captivity with the Vatican's mediation
Ten Ukrainians held prisoner for years have been released from Russian captivity with the Vatican's mediationNariman Dzhelyal, deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, center, in Kyiv airport, Ukraine, Saturday, June 29, 2024. Ten Ukrainians who had been held prisoners for years, were released from Russian captivity on Friday with a mediation of Vatican, said Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Among the freed was Deputy Head of the Mejlis Nariman Dzhelyal.
Some of the released civilians had been captured before Russia’s invasion. It’s a rare occasion when people detained after 2014, whenAmong the freed was Nariman Dzhelyal, deputy head of the Mejlis, a representative body of Crimean Tatars that was relocated to Kyiv after Russia seized the peninsula. He was taken from Crimea, where he lived despite the annexation, one year before the war.
In the main hall of the airport, where pre-war advertisements still hang, former prisoners wrapped in blue and yellow flags reunited with their families and called those who couldn’t be there. For some, the separation had lasted many years. For almost six years, Isabella Pekh spoke at international conferences and appealed to foreign ambassadors for help in freeing her mother, who was detained in the occupied part of the Donetsk region. Eventually, her efforts succeeded.
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