“As part of the next exchange of prisoners in Ukraine, Civil Sergey Akhmetov returned to Ukraine, which the Russians were captured in March 2022 during the occupation of Bucha. Since then, his family has not had any news about her husband, reports Buchanan Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk. Before the war, Sergei made wooden toys. When the invaders invaded the city, his family was evacuated and he stayed”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
As part of the next exchange of prisoners in Ukraine, Civil Sergey Akhmetov returned to Ukraine, which the Russians were captured in March 2022 during the occupation of Bucha.
Since then, his family has not had any news about her husband, reports Buchanan Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk.
Before the war, Sergei made wooden toys. When the invaders invaded the city, his family was evacuated and he stayed at home. On March 9, 2022, the Russians broke into his apartment and stole a man.
According to Elena’s wife, Sergiy was first kept in the territory of the Gostomel airport. At the end of March, he was taken out with other Ukrainians through Belarus to the pre -trial detention center # 2 in the Novozibkov Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, where they were kept at least until May 2023.
According to the media initiative for human rights, Ukrainians were forced to stand, restricted hygiene and food, almost did not bring it outside, exercised ideological pressure and forbade communication with relatives, which worsened their health.
In April 2022, the Red Cross confirmed that Sergei was in Russian captivity and handed his wife a note: “Live, health.” The occupiers later reported that he was “detained for the opposition of” his “and he passes filtration.”
According to Elena, for three years Sergei did not even know whether his children survived during shelling of Kyiv region in 2022.
“After three years, Sergei’s wait is free again. He is now in the hospital where he receives the necessary help. Ahead – recovery, but the main thing has already happened: he returned to Ukraine at freedom, ”the mayor of Bucha said.
On October 2, Ukraine and Russia were exchanged prisoners of war. 185 Ukrainian defenders managed to return home.
At the end of August Ukraine She turned From the Russian captivity of journalists Dmitry Khiluk and Mark Kaliusz, exmer Kherson Volodymyr Mykolaenko, Armed Forces, National Guard and Border Guards.
