Ukrainian football referee Dmitry Kubryak is held captive by Russian invaders in Mariupol.

" He remains in captivity even now, for almost 2 months, in terrible conditions, but still continues to provide assistance to our wounded soldiers. I beg the world community, the media, bloggers and caring Ukrainians to announce, because the place of a surgeon is in an operating room, not in a colony! Help me return my son - father, and Ukraine - a professional,"

Kubrjak is a surgeon who successfully combined his main job with football and worked at PFL matches.

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..

The destroyed Mariupol was under siege by the Russian army for several months, and on May 21 it completely came under the control of the invaders.

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian world champion in Thai boxing died during the defense of Mariupol.