The detainees are “mainly journalists and activists” who organized “rallies in favor of Ukraine – Some transferred to Crimea
Ukraine has accused the Russian military of that has imprisoned almost 600 peoplemainly journalists and supporters of Kiev, in the province of Kherson, which is completely occupied by the Russian military forces.
“According to our information, about 600 people (…) are being held in specially designed basements in the province of Hersonissos”he said Tamila Tachevaa representative of the Ukrainian president in charge of Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 and bordering the Kherson.
The prisoners are “Mainly journalists and activists” organized “Rallies in favor of Ukraine in Kherson and its province” after the occupation of this area by the Russians, he said.
“According to our information, they are being held in inhumane conditions and are being subjected to torture.”complained Tacheva, without giving details.
Some of the Ukrainians detained in the Kherson region -civilians but also prisoners of war- were then transferred to Crimean prisons, according to her.
The Ukrainian province of Kherson, which is bathed by the Black Sea and that of the Azovwith an area of ​​about 28,000 square kilometers, had more than one million inhabitants before the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
