Ukraine has established the exact whereabouts of its 11 captured citizens who are being held on the territory of Hungary.
This was reported by the Commissioner for Missing Persons Oleh Kotenko on June 16.
It was also possible to establish the names of the soldiers, the route by which they were moved to Hungary, and informed their relatives and the relevant law enforcement agencies. Before returning to the territory of Ukraine, the military will be considered missing.
On June 8, the Russian Orthodox Church informed that it had handed over to Hungary Ukrainian prisoners of war originally from Transcarpathia, who took part in hostilities.
- The Ukrainian side did not know about it and was not involved in the process in any way. The issue of prisoners of war is exclusively dealt with by the Coordination Headquarters, with which neither the Russian Orthodox Church nor Hungary has contacted.
- Ukraine invited the temporary representative of Hungary, submitted a request to provide detailed information about its citizens and to urgently ensure access to them for the Ukrainian consul — so that he could verify their state of health and provide them with consular assistance.