Roman Kisil
Roman Kisil
Date of disappearance: February 26, 2022
Place of disappearance: Ozero village, Kyiv region
Roman Kisil, a 32-year-old resident of the village of Lubianka in the Kyiv region, has been held in Russia for over two years. The man was detained on February 26, 2022, when he and his two friends traveled to the neighboring Ozeri village. The prisoners were taken to the premises of the seized airport in Gostomel, where they were held together with prisoners of war and Ukrainian civilians.
— “In March, Russian propagandists came to the airport,” says Roman’s friend, “They were filming prisoners, and we saw Roman. He was lying on the floor among other prisoners, and he had a big bruise on his face.
Roman Kisil and his friends were transferred to the Kursk pre-trial detention center and then to a penal colony. In 2023, the men were separated. Romans were held in a colony in the Tula region and then transferred to a colony in the Republic of Mordovia.
— “We spoke with an exchanged former prisoner of war, Roman’s cellmate,” says his girlfriend, “He told us that prisoners in this colony are severely beaten. They often bring huge piles of papers and force them to sign but hide the main part of the document from Ukrainians. The prisoners assume that they are being held as witnesses in some cases, but they have no idea what these cases are.
The former prisoner of war also said that Roman is depressed and very worried about his family.
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