In the Kherson region, about 600 people are being held hostage, mostly journalists and social activists, Tamila Tasheva, permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said..

" In Kherson, in these basements, there are, according to our information, about 300 people, the rest - in the Kherson region. It should be noted that indeed these are mostly journalists and activists,"

Tasheva clarified that we are talking about public activists who organized pro-Ukrainian rallies on the territory of Kherson and the region and were responsible for communication with large groups of people..

" Witnesses report screams they heard while passing by the place where such illegal measures are being taken against our citizens,"

She also noted that some people are taken out of the territory of the Kherson region to the Crimea..

" There are both civilian hostages and, according to our information, there are also prisoners of war.

Or some of the people leaving Mariupol during the filtration measures at the administrative border with Crimea were also detained and taken to the Simferopol pre-trial detention center,"

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Recall that in Kherson, occupied since the first days of the war, there is now a shortage of food and other goods.. Supermarket shelves in the city are practically empty, and speculation flourishes in the city. Some Kherson survivors are forced to travel to Crimea for groceries.