Most of them are journalists and activists who organized the pro-Ukrainian movement.
In the Kherson region about 600 people are held hostage, mostly journalists and public activists, said the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic Crimea by Tamil Tashev.
“According to our information, in the Kherson region about 600 people are actually hostages and are in specially equipped basements, in fact torture chambers… In Kherson, in these basements, there are, according to our information, about 300 people, the rest – in the Kherson region It should be noted that these are mostly journalists and activists, “she said at a briefing on Tuesday.
Tasheva clarified that these are the public activists who organized pro-Ukrainian rallies in Kherson and were responsible for communicating with large groups of people.
“According to our information, they are being held in inhumane conditions, tortured. Witnesses report the cries they heard while passing such illegal activities against our citizens,” the post-envoy said.
she noted that some people are being taken from the Kherson region to the Crimea.
“This includes the Simferopol pre-trial detention center and Sevastopol. There are both civilian hostages and, according to our information, prisoners of war. , – Tasheva explained.
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We will remind, in the occupied from the first days of war Kherson now there is a shortage of foodstuff and other goods. Supermarket shelves in the city are almost empty, and speculation is booming in the city. Some Kherson residents are forced to go to the Crimea for food in order to survive.
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