Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova . File photoMOSCOW, June 12 Mothers of Ukrainian POWs held in Russia began to request that their sons not be returned to Ukraine because of fears that the young people would either be sent back to the front or subjected to repression, Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, told reporters on Sunday. «When I held a reception of Ukrainian citizens, prisoners of war in Sevastopol, most of them asked me to inform about their fate (their families — ed.). Me and my employees completely complied with this. Today I am receiving new appeals from Ukrainian mothers asking not to return their sons, because they believe that they will either be re-sent to the front or they will be subjected to repression,» Moskalkova said. Similar appeals were received from two prisoners, she said. she. «A new category of appeals appears that were previously not inherent to us, related to the military theme,» the ombudsman added.
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