Russia holding 600 Ukrainians at Kherson, Kyiv says

KYIV, 08 June 2022, (TON): Ukraine accused Russian forces of detaining some 600 people, mainly journalists and pro-Kyiv elements in the southern region of Kherson, which Moscow’s military now holds in its grip.

Tamila Tacheva, the Ukraine presidency’s permanent representative in the Crimea, said “according to our information, some 600 people are being held in specially converted basements in the region of Kherson.”

Tacheva said the bulk of those being held were journalists and militants who organized pro-Ukrainian gatherings in Kherson and the region around it after it was occupied by Russian forces in the wake of the invasion launched in late February.

Tacheva added without giving further details “according to our information, they are being held in inhuman conditions and are victims of torture.”

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