WHERE IS DMYTRO ZAKHAROV?

Dmytro Zakharov, a resident of Henichesk, disappeared on June 16, 10 days before his 36th birthday. He was last seen near a grocery store on Gogol Street. Dmytro's wife Natalya was at home with two children at that time and panicked only when it was already dark outside: her husband sometimes returned home late because of business.

Dmytro Zakharov, a resident of Henichesk, disappeared on June 16, 10 days before his 36th birthday. He was last seen near a grocery store on Gogol Street. Dmytro Natalya's wife was at home with two children at that time and panicked only when it was already dark outside: her husband sometimes returned home late because of business.

Dmytro was born and grew up in Henichesk. Like most local boys, he was fond of fishing, and later turned his hobby into a business - he delivered fresh fish to stores and directly to customers through online orders. However, this time Dmytro was late not because of work. Neighbors told his wife that they saw him detained and taken somewhere by people in Russian military uniform.

In search of her husband, the woman drove several times 200 kilometers from Henichesk to the occupation commandant's office in Kherson. At first, she was told that Dmytro was there. But it was not possible to see him. Then the occupants refused their words.

And when Natalya realized that she would not wait for the truth from the Russians, she decided to take the official route - she went to write a statement to the occupation police about her husband's disappearance. In response, they started threatening her. They said that the statement was written a month and a half after the disappearance, making Natalya the main suspect in the case.

The nullity of these threats lies in the fact that all of Russia could see Dmytro in the occupation prison - the video of his interrogation was released by the propaganda agency TASS. On it, the Ukrainian confesses that he was using the Internet client mailing program, which he used in business, for another mailing. Dmytro wrote to the occupants that came to his land: "Russian soldier, lay down your arms and surrender. We will help you return to Russia. Alive your family." In that "video confession" the man says that he was instructed by a supervisor from the SBU (the security service of Ukraine).

Where is Dmytro Zakharov now? There is neither an official answer to this question nor insider information at the moment. There is a high probability that the man was taken to Crimea, but there is no confirmation of that either.

Residents of Henichesk, Melitopol and other occupied cities and villages of the South disappear almost every day. According to the correspondent of UA SOUTH in Henichesk, the patriots of Ukraine are handed over to the occupiers by local traitors. There are few of them, but they are well known. One of the most affected places is Novooleksiivka of Henichesk district, where almost half of the population are Crimean Tatars. The surrounding villages, in particular Genhorka, Shchaslyvtseve, and Strilkove were also subjected to Russian terror. From the first days of the occupation, their "unreliable" residents were taken to the PTU-17 building (local secondary school) on the outskirts of Henichesk. The school was chosen as a prison because of its location: entrances to the building are almost invisible, and the crimes can be committed without witnesses. Before that, soldiers of the occupying army sold old furniture from the classrooms. Now they decided to close the prison. The occupants’ curators changed the tactics of military terror to the construction of a "Potemkin village" in Henichesk.

Builders from Adygea are tidying up the city for a propaganda picture. Evidently, Henichesk is given to the North Caucasian group. And the secret prison in PTU-17 spoils the image of an exemplary resort. So the prisoners were transported to Crimea, some from there to Russia, and the crippled, who no longer have value for the occupants, were sent home.

The publication "Graty" reported on at least 10 people who were kidnapped in Genichesk during the occupation.

Instead, according to the information of the correspondent of UA SOUTH, the number of missing and maimed citizens has already exceeded a hundred. People captured in the Kherson region are not registered anywhere. Most of the missing persons do not even have administrative cases filed. They cannot be spotted based on new arrivals in any prison, detention center, or pre-trial detention center of Russia or occupied Crimea. There is only some circumstantial evidence of the presence of unregistered prisoners in Russian prisons.

On the website of Russian public procurement, human rights activists found mass orders for breakfasts and lunches in a store in the city of Kaluga to the institutions of the federal penitentiary service. Food from Kaluga can be delivered anywhere.

Journalists’ attempts to find out what Russian prisons arrange for mass catering have not yet been successful.

Meanwhile, the answer to the question "Where is Dmytro Zakharov?" his wife has been searching for the 72nd day in a row. Human rights defenders offered Natalya Zakharova and her two minor children to leave the occupied territory. Her answer was short:

"I won’t go anywhere without my husband."