Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana MoskalkovaMOSCOW, Apr 9Thanks to the coordinated actions of Russian military personnel, 14 detained civilian sailors have been released and are being evacuated to a safe place, said Tatyana Moskalkova, Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. Earlier, the Ombudsman reported that more than 10 Russian civilian sailors were being held in Ukraine. «Work continues to return home civilians, illegally «Literally now, good news has come — thanks to the coordinated actions of Russian military personnel, 14 sailors from the Azov Concorde civilian vessel have been released and evacuated to a safe place by our military personnel,» Moskalkova said in her Telegram channel. According to her, from 24 February, the Ukrainian Armed Forces held the crew of the ship in the port of Mariupol, the exit to the sea was mined. «The guys were taken away phones, laptops, documents, there were problems with food and basic necessities,» the Ombudsman added.
Mosca Lkova said that Europe is in complete informational isolation. In addition, Moskalkova noted that all this time she was in constant contact with the relatives of the sailors, addressed the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian Foreign Ministry, and the Ukrainian side on this issue. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
