~Russia illegally detains 25,000 Kremlin prisoners

According to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, this is the number of civilians abducted by the Russian Federation.

The ZMINA Human Rights Centre has found that at least 21 prisoners require urgent medical care and may die unless they receive it.

During the full-scale invasion, the National Police began investigating the enforced disappearance of 8,800 people. 

Russian Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova claims Russia has illegally abducted over 700,000 children from Ukraine.

The Media Initiative for Human Rights has identified about one hundred places where abducted civilians are held.

The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Qırım) confirms 217 illegally imprisoned Ukrainian citizens, 132 of whom are Qırımtatarlar.

During the full-scale war, 3,330 Ukrainian citizens were returned to Ukraine, including 160 civilians.

Following his transfer to Vladimir Central Prison, journalist Amet Suleimanov's health has deteriorated significantly. He needs urgent surgery to replace a heart valve. The prison has sent "a request for the operation to Moscow, but there is no official confirmation of this, except the words of the staff," Crimean Solidarity reports.

"If the operation is not carried out now, the strain will be put on the second heart valve, and it will be necessary to replace not one but two," said Lilia Liumanova, the political prisoner's wife. 

Prisoners Zavur Abdullaiev, Yashar Muedinov, Asan Akhtemov and Server Zekiriaiev also need medical help, the Zmina media outlet reports. 

Zavur Abdullaiev, sentenced to 12 years in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case, and Asan Akhmetov, sentenced to 15 years for allegedly sabotaging the Perevalne gas pipeline in Crimea (Qırım), have significantly deteriorated teeth and eyesight. "The dentist who visits the prisoners only pulls out teeth, not treats them." 

Yashar Muedinov, sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security colony in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case, has developed swelling in his legs due to unspecified heart or kidney problems and is not allowed to receive qualified medical care. 

Server Zekiriaiev, sentenced to 13 years in prison in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, suffers from toxic gas emissions from the sewage system, which deprives him of healthy sleep and breathing. 

A so-called court in occupied Donetsk has sentenced marine Oleksandr Mandzak to 27 years in a maximum security colony for allegedly 'shelling civilian infrastructure', the Zmina digital media outlet reports.

Oleksandr served as a sailor-driver in the 36th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was captured in May 2022. 

The so-called 'Donetsk People's Republic' prosecutor's office accuses Mandzak of 'shelling civilian infrastructure' in the village of Sakhanka, Novoazovsk district, Donetsk region, occupied since autumn 2014, and 'attempted murder of civilians' in February 2022. 

Civil society activist Iryna Horobtsova has been sentenced to ten years and six months in a general regime colony on charges of espionage, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office announced on its telegram channel. 

The court hearing was held in closed session, as the activist's case is a state secret and completely classified. 

Iryna Horobtsova allegedly provided information on the location, type and quantity of Russian military equipment in occupied Kherson to the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence Service between February 2022 and March 2023, although the activist was abducted by the Russian military in May 2022 and held in Simferopol (Aqmescit), the Crimean Human Rights Group reports.

After February 24, Iryna was involved in volunteer work in Kherson. She posted on social media in support of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, publicly condemned the Russian invasion and occupation of Kherson, raised funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and called for the rescue of the military in Azovstal.

Crimean human rights defender and civil activist Iryna Danylovych, sentenced to 6 years and 11 months in prison, is suffering from suffocation attacks due to lack of treatment in a Russian colony, the convict's sister told Krym.Realii. 

Now Iryna is not receiving the drug xylometazoline, which she needs for a serious ear condition. She has developed shortness of breath and increased whistling in her ears. 

In 2022, the Crimean journalist was exposed by the Federal Security Service. Accused of 'possession of explosives', she was denied medical care for acute otitis media for a long time in detention. As a result, the activist lost hearing in one ear but has not received treatment.

Lidiia Morozova, a doctor at Iryna's place of detention, said that "the pain will go away when Danylovych finally loses her hearing".

The occupiers have arrested an elderly resident of Rosdolne, Feodosiya district of occupied Crimea (Qırım), the head of the local branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation, which is banned in Russia. A 'criminal case' has been opened against her for "organising the activities of an extremist organisation", Suspilne Krym reports, citing the telegram channel of the occupation's 'Investigative Committee of Crime'. 

In 2021, a 68-year-old Crimean woman organised a community of Jehovah's Witnesses in her town, involving residents. The occupation 'investigators' claim that during the search they confiscated technical media and literature with 'extremist content'.