The Russian Federation illegally holds 181 Ukrainian political prisoners in Crimea, of which 116 are Crimean Tatars. The office of the President in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea reported this on Facebook..

" Now the mission is aware that Russia illegally detains 181 political prisoners, 116 of them are Crimean Tatars. Of the total number of those illegally detained, 40 are in a pre-trial detention center awaiting a "

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It is also added that 33 illegally imprisoned citizens of Ukraine are from Kherson and Zaporozhye, from where they were illegally taken to the occupied Crimea.

At the same time, the exact number of displaced prisoners is unknown, since the occupation administrations mostly do not admit that they are being kept in the pre-trial detention center of the occupied peninsula..

At the same time, dozens of elderly people and those who have serious health problems and who are not provided with proper medical care remain in detention.. Their lives are in danger.

Earlier it became known that the Russians came up with a new way to delay exchanges. They say Ukrainians do not want to return from captivity.