National Guardsman Mykyta Shaulskyi, whose brother and grandmother were killed in Kryvyi Rih, returns from Russian captivity
Mykyta Shaulskyi, a serviceman in the 21st Separate Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, has come back from Russian captivity. Mykyta’s younger brother Maksym, 12, and his grandmother Valentyna were killed during a Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih on the night of 20-21 September 2024.
Source: ZMINA Human Rights Centre
Details: The defender of Mariupol was released from captivity on 18 October 2024, along with 94 other defenders.
Maksym had dreamed of seeing his older brother again.
Twelve-year-old Maksym was an active participant in rallies in support of Ukrainian prisoners of war. He believed in Ukraine's victory and cared deeply about every defender.
Maksym and Mykyta's father is also a serviceman. On the day of the tragedy, he was fighting on the Kherson front.
Background:
- Ninety-five defenders were brought back to Ukraine on 18 October. They had defended the city of Mariupol and the Azovstal steelworks, as well as Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kherson oblasts.
- Among them is 28-year-old Azov fighter Vladyslav Andrianov, the boyfriend of Mariupol police officer Mariana Checheliuk, who was also held captive.
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