Ukrainian UAF judge Irina Petrova spoke about her being held captive by Russian occupiers.

" I was scared that they could give from 3-15 days to 10 years or even more. Firstly, this is because we refused to referee their football matches, and secondly, I defended the position of our country. I was and am for Ukraine. On the ninth of May, I went out in a bluish-yellow T-shirt with a flag. Probably, without football, I lacked adrenaline, I wanted to somehow show.

It was very scary. You leave the house and do not understand what could be. You delete all text messages and photos because you are afraid that someone will come to you and look at some information. But I'm the kind of person that doesn't delete anything. What I had since the beginning of the war, I have left. Maybe it was because they found something on me..

Now in Nova Kakhovka, apparently, a few patriots remain, but they are silent, they know how this can end. I am very worried about my city. Now there are many collaborators who went over to their side. I hope only for the best, I believe in our strength, victory and APU.

It may not be so fast, it may be in a month, two, three, four, but I know that all this will be Ukraine, because no one will leave us,"

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

On May 9, in the occupied Nova Kakhovka, a group of people in civilian clothes forcibly took Petrova to the police station, where the Ukrainian woman was kept for five days.. Later, the judge was allowed to go home, after which she was evacuated to Kyiv.

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