This was announced today by the first deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada, Irina Gerashchenko, at the conciliatory council of chairmen of factions and heads of committees.

According to her, families of hostages in the Russian Federation are forced to pay for lawyers' services for their own funds. Therefore, the corresponding fund should fulfill, in particular, the functions of providing advocacy to Crimean Tatars and families living in the occupied territories.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform," the head of the Ukrainian state urged him to actively participate in the efforts to liberate Ukrainian citizens who are illegally detained in the occupied territories and in Russia.