View of the buildings of the base of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic, destroyed by the Russian Aerospace ForcesMOSCOW, 7 Mar. Ukrainian Nazis continue to hold hostage as a «human shield» over 1.6 thousand citizens of foreign states, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on Monday. «Kiev radicals continue to hold in hostages as a «human shield» … 1634 foreigners, including in Kharkiv — 257 citizens of Jordan (200), Egypt (40), Vietnam (15) and Indonesia (2); in the city of Sumy — 1140 citizens of India (576), Tanzania (159), China (121), Ghana (100), Jordan (70), Egypt (60), Pakistan (16), Tunisia (15), Zambia (14), Kazakhstan (8) and Serbia (1); in Mariupol — 88 citizens: Turkey (70) and Kazakhstan (18),» Mizintsev listed. In addition, 15 citizens of Egypt are being held in Kherson; in Odessa — 7 citizens of Indonesia; in Kyiv — 20 citizens: the Republic of Togo (7), Great Britain (7) and the Republic of Benin (6); in Chernihiv — 21 citizens: Pakistan (12) and Indonesia (9). «According to the fate of these foreign citizens, we are working around the clock with the relevant diplomatic departments of the listed states,» the general added.
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