It is five years since the Russian proxies in Donetsk region seized five young lads and forced them to give videoed ‘confessions’ for separatists and Russian propaganda. One of the lads, Bohdan Kovalchuk, who was just 17 back in September 2016, remains imprisoned, because he refused to ‘repent’ and agree to remain in occupied Donbas.
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Halya Coynash: A child spends 5 years in Donbas militant captivity
(COMBO) This combination of pictures shows Bohdan Kovalchuk, when forced by the Russia-backed militants to ’confess’, and Bohdan’s grandmother, with his photo, asking people to remember him and help use pressure to free him.
