President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has congratulated the Ukrainians illegally detained on the territory of Russia on New Year holidays, the Ukrainian Embassy in the Russian Federation has said.
“President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has congratulated Ukrainian citizens, who are illegally kept in the territory of Russia, on the New Year holidays. The Embassy of Ukraine joins the congratulations and implements the necessary measures for the speedy transfer of letters to their recipients,” a statement reads posted on the embassy’s Facebook page on Wednesday.
The diplomatic mission also published photocopies of these letters. The president’s greetings say: “As a president, every day I am making every effort for your speedy return to Ukraine.”
The president’s letters are addressed to Oleh Sentsov, Oleksandr Kolchenko, Stanyslav Klykh, Mykola Karpiuk, Evhen Panov, Roman Sushchenko, Valentyn Vyhovsky. In addition, Poroshenko turned to Andriy Kolomiyets, Oleksandr Kostenko, Serhiy Lytvynov, Oleksiy Chyrniy, Rustem Vaitov, Ruslan Zeitulyaev, Nuri Primov and Ferat Saifulayev.
