Savchenko claims to have found captives in Donbas unrecorded by Kyiv

Published Feb. 28, 2017. Updated Feb. 28 at 1:55 pm

Member of Ukrainian Parliament and former military pilot Nadiya Savchenko (C), freed from a Russian jail in May, answers the press during her visit in Makiyivka, Donetsk region, on Feb. 24. Savchenko visited penal colony in Makiyivka, which contains Ukrainian prisoners of war, to try to accelerate the process of their release.

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Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadiya Savchenko has published an updated list of Ukrainian citizens held in the Makiyivka penitentiary in the Donetsk region as of Feb. 25, 2017.

“Here is the result of my trip to Makiyivka penitentiary No. 22. Six Ukrainian soldiers and civilians believed missing have been found,” Savchenko said on Facebook on Feb. 28.

There are 34 names, including six absent from the Minsk lists on the scanned copy of the document published by the deputy. Savchenko said that one person had refused to be exchanged.

There are 13 names on another list compiled by Savchenko. In all, she has published the names of 47 Ukrainian POWs.