In the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region, 191 Ukrainians are held hostage by Russian invaders. Oleksandr Starukh, head of the OVA, said this in an interview with Ukrinform..

“Since March, Russian troops have taken 453 hostages (as of July 30 – ed.. ) of a person on the territory of the Zaporozhye region. These are not prisoners of war, these are hostages,"

According to him, 191 Ukrainians out of 453 are still in captivity.. In particular, among the hostages of the invaders there are six representatives of local authorities, 13 entrepreneurs, 27 heads of enterprises, institutions, establishments and organizations..

The head of the OVA added that the military of the Russian Federation put hostages in basements, beat them with electric shocks, bully them, demand money, put pressure on the families of prisoners and threaten to kidnap children.

The old woman also said that five minors became hostages of the occupiers. He clarified that three of them had already been released, two were not yet. The head of the OVA stressed that the Russians are simply conducting terrorist activities.

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Starukh stressed that such citizens were not prisoners of war, but hostages, however, despite this, several dozen of them were released under the exchange procedure.. But, the head of the OVA noted, there have been no such exchanges lately..

Starukh also added that, according to available information, the invaders are holding hostages on the territory of Ukraine - “some were taken to Donbass, some to Crimea”. According to him, there is no confirmation of information about the forced deportation of citizens yet..

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Earlier it was reported that the occupiers are withdrawing personnel from the territory of the villages of Verkhniy Tokmak and Chernigovka in Zaporozhye. At the same time, the enemy is trying to give the impression of a planned rotation.