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The International Committee of the Red Cross says since February 2022 its team has been contacted more than 100,000 times by families searching for their loved ones.
11) Iryna Reva, 59, waits for her son Vladyslav in Kyiv. Vladyslav Reva, 25, a Ukrainian soldier with the 72nd Brigade went missing during fighting against Russian forces near Vuhlehirsk Power Station on July 24, 2022. Iryna’s son-in-law, Oleksandr Dygalo, who served in the 95th brigade has also disappeared on March 12, 2023 in Donetsk region.
12) Tetiana, 60, with her son Klim Khvostenko, 35, await the return of her husband in Kyiv. Oleh Khvostenko, 62, a civilian, went missing after being arrested by Russian military police in Dniprorudne, Zaporizhzhia region on July 2, 2022. Since then, the family has struggled to obtain information about his fate and whereabouts.
13) Daryna Herasymenko, 26, waits for her missing husband Serhii in Kyiv. Serhii Herasymenko, 29, a Ukrainian serviceman with the 46th Brigade disappeared during fighting near Bakhmut, on Dec. 10, 2022. “Mentally, I am still in December (2022),” said Daryna, who has been with Serhii for seven years. “All I know is that they went on the assault, and that’s it,” she added.
14) Nina Kovalyk, 47, waits for the return of her brother Andrii in Kyiv. Andrii, 48, a Ukrainian serviceman from the Territorial Defense disappeared during the fighting in Mariupol on March 21, 2022. His wife and two children were forced to evacuate from Mariupol through Russia and Belarus and they currently live as refugees in Poland. “He got surrounded with his battalion, no one made it out… they all disappeared without a trace,” Nina says.
15) Nina Tkachenko, 47, sits with her daughter Polina, 7, awaiting the return of her husband Vasyl in Kyiv. Vasyl Yurchuk, 39, a Ukrainian serviceman with the 77th Brigade went missing during an evacuation operation of an injured comrade in Paraskoviivka, on Jan. 27, 2023.
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