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Zelensky asks Stoltenberg to help release Ukrainians held in Russia, occupied territories

Published Sept. 22, 2021 at 8:48 pm

Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia and activists attend the performance called ''Empty Chairs" at Sofiivska Square in Kyiv on Nov.15, 2020.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to help release almost 450 Ukrainians who are being held in the temporarily uncontrolled territories of Ukraine and on the territory of Russia.

According to the official website of the Ukrainian president on Sept. 22, this was discussed during a meeting between Zelensky and Stoltenberg in the United States, where the President of Ukraine is on a working visit.