Zaporizhzhya journalist returns home after being kept prisoner by Russians
Kateryna Tyshchenko - Monday, 11 April 2022, 23:55
Zaporizhzhia journalist Iryna Dubchenko has returned home after being kept prisoner by the Russian forces.
Source: Oleksandra Dubchenko, the journalist’s sister, on Facebook; Kostiantyn Aleksieienko, Zaporizhzhia journalist, on Facebook
According to Oleksandra Dubchenko (her sister): "My dearest Iryna Dubchenko is here with me, at home. It's all over. Thank you all!"
Details: At the same time, a colleague and friend of Iryna Dubchenko, Kostiantyn Aleksieienko, said that the journalist was already at home in Zaporizhzhia.
"Iryna was first taken to the Ministry of State Security in Donetsk. She had a fabricated charge against her and she was supposed to face the court, and then she would have been convicted for a long term of imprisonment. But ... then she was transferred to Starobeshov at the last moment. She was kept in a cell with volunteers and wives of Ukrainian servicemen," he wrote.
Aleksieienko said Dubchenko was released on Friday, but the information was not made public until she was safe with her family.
"She is fine. She is cheerful, healthy and she even makes jokes," the journalist said.
Background: On 26 March, the Russian military personnel detained Zaporizhzhia journalist Iryna Dubchenko and took her to occupied Donetsk to "conduct investigations."
