“The Russian military is blackmailing the mothers of prisoners. This is real terrorism.”
Russian occupiers threaten to kill the director's son Film Festival “Cinema and You” from Mariupol and send her a video of the execution. Olga Novikova clarifies on her Facebook page that it is a question of $ 5,000 ransom, and so far she has been sent a video of the interrogation from the guy's page.
“The kidnappers keep him isolated and do not join the mass of prisoners of war. I think that publicity could help: we need it now so that the Russian side does not think of shooting him like someone else, “she said in an interview with Meduza.
Blackmail of mothers of prisoners, mentioning the case of Novikova, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko:
“This is real terrorism. The boy is being held near the village of Maloyanisol. He served in the TerO. Ukraine has now included him in the list of prisoners. But there are still no guarantees of saving lives. ”
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It is also known that his mother spoke to the extortionist by phone. The man did not give his name and position, but hearing a characteristic accent, Novikova suggested that he was a representative of the so-called “DPR”. It is interesting that he offered to transfer funds to the PrivatBank card.
It should be noted that earlier the Marine Command of the Ukrainian Navy warned about the schemes of criminals, the essence of which is that relatives of servicemen began to receive suspicious phone calls and messages:
and offer a monetary reward to promote release from captivity. Also, fraudsters are trying, allegedly for clarification, to find out the personal data of Ukrainian defenders “
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