On Could 23, on Marine Corps Day, an motion was held in Kyiv in assist of marines who have been prisoners of battle. Kin and pals of the troopers of the thirty sixth Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilinsky, who’ve been in Russian captivity for 2 years, gathered on the Independence Sq..
A number of hundred contributors of the motion from completely different cities of Ukraine held of their arms the flags of the thirty sixth Marine Infantry Brigade, images of prisoners of battle and posters with the inscriptions “Do not be silent, captivity kills!”, “If you are silent, the heroes of the thirty sixth Brigade are being tortured”, write “Public”.
The navy band of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Kholodny Yar” performed for these current.
The orchestra of the 93rd OMBr “Kholodniy Yar” carried out earlier than the contributors of the motion in assist of the captured marines on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Kyiv, Could 23, 2024. Photograph: “Public”
Iryna, the spouse of a captured marine, got here from Zaporizhzhia. In line with her, she final spoke to her husband on April 12, 2022, when he was on the Ilyich plant in Mariupol. The soldier was thought-about lacking for greater than a 12 months.
“On the final time, he knowledgeable me that the scenario is important, what is going to occur subsequent – it’s unknown: both seize or demise. First there was a notification that he was lacking, after which he was captured. I came upon from a freed (from Russian navy captivity — ed.) in February 2023 the place my husband is. Dismissed in January 2024, he wrote to me that he heard about him in June 2023. The primary information that awaits my husband is the beginning of grandson Danylo on October 27, 2024,” she instructed Suspilno.
Valentina, one other participant of the motion, got here to the primary sq. of the capital along with her daughter Elizaveta. The lady has additionally been ready for greater than two years from captivity for her husband, a marine of the thirty sixth brigade, Denys Valentyn.
Valentina is a participant within the motion in assist of captured marines. Kyiv, Could 23, 2024. Photograph: “Public”
“The final information was in July final 12 months that he was in captivity. And it’s not identified what the state of his well being is. Elizaveta (daughter – editor) was born when he was already in captivity, on his birthday – July 31. The person was captured in April 2022,” mentioned Valentina.
Photograph: Iryna Semenyaka
Photograph: Iryna Semenyaka
Photograph: Iryna Semenyaka
Photograph: Iryna Semenyaka
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