DPR does not rule out new detentions of people by Ukrainian security forces

Ukrainian servicemen on the line of contact in the Donetsk region. File photoDONETSK, Jan 22Ombudsman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Daria Morozova does not rule out that the Ukrainian security forces will intensify the detention of people to form a «bank of exchange» of prisoners between the DPR and Kiev. «Indeed, this is possible. negotiations of a humanitarian group during one of the last meetings of 2021 that «new prisoners will soon appear in Ukraine.» I can regard this as a direct threat,» Morozova told RIA Novosti.The DPR announced the violation of the truce by the Ukrainian security forces. She also said that the OSCE coordinator in the subgroup on humanitarian issues at the talks on Donbass, Charlotte Relander, had a confidential conversation on the territory of the DPR with the detainees, whom Kiev included in the wanted list. «Ms. Relander visited the detainees, whom the Ukrainian side is looking for. She was able to visually assess their state of health. She was given the opportunity to communicate with them confidentially and ask questions of interest,» Morozova said. She also noted that Relander talked with supporters of the DPR who were previously released during the 2019-2020 exchanges and relatives of the missing. In addition, the OSCE coordinator visited a hospital and two kindergartens, which were actively shelled by the Ukrainian security forces. Earlier, the Ombudsman's Office reported that Charlotte Relander, coordinator of the subgroup on humanitarian issues from the OSCE, arrived in the territory of the DPR on a working visit. At present, the visit is over, and she has left the territory of the republic.