During today's meeting with Pope Francis, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about Ukrainians held in Russian captivity.
This is stated on the President's website.
“Russia continues to forcibly relocate Ukrainian children from one occupied area to another. They continue to deport our Ukrainian children to Russia, and it is extremely difficult to find these children,” Zelensky said.
Additionally, Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized the issue of the captured journalists. According to him, the day before, it became known that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna had died in Russian captivity.
President Zelensky asked the pontiff to facilitate the return of captured Ukrainian journalists, public figures, and community leaders from the occupied territory. At the meeting, it was agreed that Ukraine would hand over a list of captured journalists.
“We know that there are more than 400 women in captivity in Russia. It has been accurately confirmed through the International Committee of the Red Cross and other sources that 1700 civilians are in captivity. According to our data, this number may be significantly higher,” the Head of State noted.
The President emphasized that almost all those returning from captivity needed medical assistance and long-term rehabilitation.