Olha Shcherba from the Kyiv region has been looking for her brother and husband kidnapped by the Russian military for 8 months

The mother of three children, Olga Shcherba from the village of Lubyanka, Kyiv region, has been looking for her husband Bohdan Shcherba, and her brother Ramiz Musayev, for eight months. They were captured by the Russian military on February 26, the second day after the beginning of the large-scale aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

As the woman told the “Centre for Civil Liberties” (CCL), it is known for sure that on February 26, the men (Bohdan and Ramiz ) together with their friend Roman Kysil left the village by car. The men left Lubyanka to pick up their aunt from the village of Ozera
As of now, it has been established that on the way to Ozera, their car was stopped by the Russian military, whose convoy the men accidentally ran into. The Russians checked the phones of the captured Ukrainians, finding images and videos of Russian military equipment on them. The soldiers of the Russian army called the men “spies”, which, apparently, became the main motive for their illegal detention.

Bohdan Shcherba, Ramiz Musayev and Roman Kisil were detained by the Russian military and taken to a bunker in the city of Gostomel, at the Antonov airfield. It is known about this room that all military prisoners, and Ukrainian civilians captured by the Russian military were kept there. The men were held there until March 7. After that, together with other prisoners in transit through Belarus, they were transported to detention Centre No. 1 in the Russian city of Kursk. Olga was able to confirm the presence of her relatives in the territory of the Russian Federation thanks to the fact that she recognized her husband and friend in the plot of the Russian First Channel.

It was learned from the soldiers who were exchanged in the first exchange that all three men are in the pre-trial detention center in Kursk. Eyewitnesses also said that everyone: the husband, the brother, and their friend was subjected to abuse and physical violence.

As of the end of April, the information about the being of three Ukrainians in a Russian prison was also confirmed by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Thanks to the assistance of the Red Cross, it was possible to receive a verbal message and a letter from her brother. In particular, in the letter, Ramiz wrote to Olga that “everything is fine” with her husband and friend (as far as possible). According to the information that was literally “extracted” from the “Red Cross”, a letter from Ramiz Musayev was sent from Crimea – the representatives of the international organization did not inform the exact location of the men.

It is worth noting that all three men have nothing to do with the Armed Forces, or military affairs. Bohdan worked as a locksmith-mechanic at an enterprise in the village of Ozera. Olga’s brother, Ramiz, worked as a mechanic, and Roman worked in a fish factory.

Bohdan Shcherba’s wife Olga and three children are waiting at home: a son, 9 years old, twin girls – 7 years old. A son and wife are waiting for Roman, and a girlfriend is waiting for Ramiz.

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