Release Hostages: A Demand for Freedom Campaign

Serhii Khrolenko

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Mariano Garcia Calatayud

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Vladislav Popovych

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Pavlo Zaporozhets

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Oleksandr Babych

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Musayev Ramiz 

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

RELEASE HOSTAGES: A DEMAND FOR FREEDOM CAMPAIGN

Release Hostages: A Demand for Freedom Campaign calls on the international community for action to save lives and help free Ukrainians taken hostage by Russia.

We launched this platform to draw the world's attention to the problem of the Russian Federation's detention of Ukrainian civilians. RF has and continues to abduct them in the occupied territories. We are talking about regular people — drivers, doctors, teachers, journalists, and other people of various professions, ages, and genders, who mainly did not support the occupation. Even minors are detained. According to the MIHR, as of the end of August 2023, 1122 civilians were held hostage by the Russian Federation. The number of such cases may be several times higher as detentions continue even as you read this.

Detentions are arbitrary and without explanation — neither the detainees nor their relatives often know why they are in detention centers and prisons. Our organization has managed to identify more than 80 operating places of detention, both in the occupied territory and in the part of the Russian Federation. People are tortured and kept in terrible conditions there. We know of cases of deaths in captivity.

The Russian Federation is silent about them, as well as concealing the names of all those it detains, refusing to provide information to their families, preventing them from receiving medical care, hiring a lawyer, writing a letter, or sending a parcel. Even the International Committee of the Red Cross is powerless — Russia does not allow its representatives access to places where civilian hostages are held.

We tell the stories of the hostages and their families, and together with them, we ask for help to bring every Ukrainian home. Join the Release Hostages: A Demand for Freedom Campaign and become a part of this important cause.

Oleksandr Babych

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Serhiy Leibak

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Vladislav Popovych

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Ivan Honchar

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Mykola Harbar

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Oleksii Kyrychenko

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Oleksandr Strogan

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Dmytro Khyliuk

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Ihor Palamarchuk

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Vitalii Profatylov

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Oleksii Halevych

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Musayev Ramiz 

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Andrii Harasymenko

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Pavlo Zaporozhets

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Mariano Garcia Calatayud

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Vitaliy Kuznetsov

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Mykyta Buzinov

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Volodymyr Androsovych

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Serhii Sytnyk

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Serhii Khrypun

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Oleksandr and Iryna Levchenko

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Oleksandr Yarovyi

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Bohdan Shcherba

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Volodymyr Mykolayenko

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Iryna Horobtsova

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Kostiantyn Zinovkin

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

Serhii Khrolenko

The story of a hostage

The story of a hostage

SEND A LETTER TO THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY DEMANDING THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIAN HOSTAGES

Wherever you are in the world, please send a letter to the nearest Russian embassy with an immediate demand to find and release Ukrainian civilians — all of them or a specific person we are talking about. Your voice can be decisive in this process of returning civilians to their homes and normal lives. Thanks to your actions and conscious citizenship, we can increase pressure on the Russian Federation and help those who need our support the most. Send a letter today and help bring the prisoners home! #ReleaseHostages #DemandforFreedom #ЗвільнітьЗаручників #ВимагайтеСвободи