Sixty-year-old Ihor Kozlovsky, a renowned religious specialist active in interfaith dialogue, has been held prisoner by militants from the so-called ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ [DNR] since late January this year. There were hopes that the militants would release him as part of a recent exchange, but this did not happen.
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An armed pro-Russian separatist of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) walks in front of the destroyed Donetsk International Airport, in Donetsk, on June 1, 2016. (AFP)
