Maryna Kulinich
She joined the MIPL team in January 2024. Documents cases of abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian civilians by Russians in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Tells the stories of these people in publications for the website, the MIPL Facebook page and the Release Hostages campaign: A Demand for Freedom Campaign.
She has a rich professional experience, having worked as a news feed editor, short-form editor and literary editor. As part of her volunteer projects, she also wrote longreads and proofread children’s books.
In the summer of 2022, while Kherson was still under occupation, Russians abducted nine civilians—Serhii Ofitserov, Oleh Bohdanov, Yurii Tavozhnianskyi, Serhii Kabakov, Serhii Kovalskyi, Kostiantyn Reznik, Serhii Heidt, Yurii Kaiov, and Denys Lialka. They were accused of “preparing and committing an act of international terrorism.” Initially, the occupiers transferred the men to Simferopol, then to the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow. They are currently being held in Rostov.
18 March 2025
Serhii Diedovskyi from the Chernihiv region, Andrii Pashchenko, and Serhii Shevtsov from the Kyiv region were civilians abducted and taken to Russia in 2022. They did not return alive. Their identities were confirmed through DNA testing.
7 January 2025