‘Mum, Don’t Cry. I’ll Be Home soon.’ Ukrainian Journalist Secretly Held by Russia for Three Years Is Released
Dmytro Khilyuk was freed alongside seven other civilians after over three years in captivity, highlighting ongoing concerns over 16,000 Ukrainians held in Russia, Kyiv officials said.
- Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khilyuk, who was detained by Russian authorities without contact for over three years, was freed on Sunday during a prisoner swap between Moscow and Kyiv.
- Khilyuk and seven other civilians were released alongside soldiers after being captured by Russian forces while trying to obtain supplies in their village of Kozarovychi, north of Kyiv, in 2022.
- Shortly after crossing back into Ukraine, Khilyuk called his mother, expressing his awareness of her concern for him and assuring her that he would return home soon.
- Ukraine’s President Zelensky confirmed the release of eight civilians, sharing their photos on Telegram, while Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters reported that nearly all of those freed had been held captive for over three years.
- The exchange highlights the continuing detention of about 30 Ukrainian journalists in Russia and more than 16,000 civilians held illegally under international law.
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The researcher is serving a three-year sentence in a prison in Moscow. Called for a new hearing this Monday, he faces up to 20 years in prison for "espionage".
On 24 August, a journalist from the UNIAN news agency, Dmitri Hiluk, who had been held hostage by Russians since March 2022 as a civilian hostage, reported to the Institute of Mass Information; on 3 March 2022, the occupiers seized a journalist in the yard of his home in Kozarovich in Kiev province, first detained in occupied Dimera and then taken to SIZO on Russian territory. According to human rights defenders, he may have been in a colony in …
Ukrainian journalist held secretly by Russia for three years is released in exchange
A Ukrainian journalist who has been held incommunicado by Russia for more than three years has been released on Sunday as part of the latest prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv.
Long-awaited return: journalist Dmytro Khlyuk released from Russian captivityUNIAN journalist Dmytro Khlyuk, who had been held as a civilian hostage since March 2022, has been released from Russian captivity. He was abducted by Russian military personnel in Kozarovychy, Kyiv region, and was held in a pre-trial detention center in the Russian Federation.
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