Ukrainian woman dies in illegal Russian detention in Crimea
The school said Russian authorities held her in solitary confinement for three months and attributed her death to suicide.
- On Nov 5, 2026, the Kharkiv-based language school 'Professional' announced co-founder Oleksandra Kazarovytska, 44, died while illegally detained in Russian-occupied Crimea.
- Kazarovytska traveled to Sevastopol to help her parents sell their apartment before relocating to Turkey, but authorities detained her after discovering "correspondence with a volunteer from the very beginning of the full-scale invasion" on her phone.
- Held in solitary confinement for three months, Kazarovytska died on Oct 25; Russian authorities attributed her death to suicide, but her colleagues stated Russia "killed" her.
- Russian authorities buried Kazarovytska on Nov 4, while journalists and human rights activists believe she died in one of two Pretrial Detention Centers in Simferopol where detainees report torture and abuse under Federal Security Service watch.
- Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, estimates Russia unlawfully holds about 16,000 Ukrainian civilians in about 200 detention sites, yet international humanitarian law requirements for regular reviews remain absent in occupied territories.
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Ukrainian woman dies in illegal Russian detention in Crimea
Oleksandra Kazarovytska, who was 44 years old, had returned to occupied Sevastopol to help her parents sell their apartment, according to the statement of the Kharkiv language school where she served as director of studies.
Oleksandra Kazarovitska, 44-year-old co-founder of the Kharkiv language school “Professional”, died in the Simferopol SIZO in the annexed Crimea.
Teacher from Ukraine’s Kharkiv dies in Russian custody in occupied Crimea. She was arrested while visiting her parents.
Oleksandra Kazarovytska (Kolesnikova), one of the founders of the Kharkiv-based language school “Professional,” has died in Russian-occupied Crimea, the school said on Facebook. The school said Russia “killed” Kazarovitskaya.
The Russian authorities refer to suicide as the cause of death, but women's colleagues have questioned this theory.
In the annexed Crimea, the co-founder of the language school "The Professional" in Kharkov, Alexandra Kazarovitzkay (Coles...) died.
Oleksandra Kazarovitskaya (Kolesnikova), co-founder of Kharkiv language school “Professional” and director of education, died in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol. The Russians detained her for correspondence with a volunteer, and before her death she was in solitary confinement for three months. This was reported in the language school “Professional”. The post says that Sasha lived almost all her adult life in Kharkiv. She was a teacher and m…
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