More than 4,3 thousand: in the Ministry of Reintegration told how many Ukrainians are held captive by the Russian Federation

According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, as of November 9, Ukraine has already returned about 2,600 its citizens from Russian captivity. Among the liberated are dominated by the military. The commission on the establishment of the fact of deprivation of personal freedom as a result of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine established the fact of captivity of 4337 persons, of which 3574 were military and 763 - civilians.

This was reported by the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine. Russian invaders keep Ukrainians in their prisons and arrange public courtes. This was discussed at a meeting of the mentioned commission under the chairmanship of the Viceremian-Minister Irina Vereshchuk.

"According to the results of the meetings of the commission, the relevant data are entered in the Unified Register of Persons, whom the fact of deprivation of personal freedom as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine is established. The administrator of this register is determined by the National Information Bureau, which belongs to the sphere of management of the Ministry of reintegration," - said in the statement of the Ministry.

In addition, the department noted that families of prisoners receive from the state one -time and annual state cash assistance. "Since the beginning of this year, UAH 422 million has already been paid to captivity, as well as the families of prisoners of war, civil hostages and political prisoners," - said in the message. To receive such assistance, you need to consult a Ministry of Reintegration, suggest in the press service.

We will remind, as of November 9 GUR reported that Ukraine has already returned about 2,600 its citizens from Russian captivity, and there should be new results soon. Among the liberated are dominated by the military. According to the GRU representative Andriy Yusov, the exchange fund is now being replenished.

"Indeed, we have not seen such dynamics recently, which was before both the number of exchanges and the number of turned away, but there are some field exchanges, there were also some operations. Negotiations continue to tell and the main thing is not to tell - the main result, and it is obligatory ' It will be a lot, "the intelligence representative assured.

Also, according to the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Lubin, it is difficult for Ukraine to return its prisoners of civilians. "All because there are no relevant international conventions, a return algorithm through the exchange procedure, for example, as for prisoners of war, and there is no desire to partners in this process as with Ukrainian children. The worst situation is the worst of civilian hostages," the Ombudsman explained.

He added that the Russian civilian prisoners have been held in prisons for years, preventing representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and keep with prisoners of war. We will remind, in early autumn Dmitry Lubinets stated that, according to approximate estimates, Russia holds more than 20 thousand civilian hostages. We will remind that last year, on September 21, 215 military and police, who were in Russian captivity, were returned to Ukraine.