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The son of the Kherson mayor Kolikhaev stated that the state is sabotaging the father's return from Russian captivity
Kherson mayor Ihor Kolikhaev's son, Sviatoslav, said that the Ukrainian side is delaying his father's return from Russian captivity. According to him, the family was repeatedly given contradictory information about including Kolikhaev on exchange lists.
Sviatoslav Kolikhaev spoke about this, commenting on the situation surrounding his father’s return.
He noted that in May, at the Office of the Ombudsman, the family was told that Ihor Kolikhaev was allegedly added to the exchange lists. At the same time, according to Sviatoslav, during a meeting with Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets two weeks ago, it turned out that this had not been done.
“We’re starting not to believe the general phrases that the Russians won’t give him up. When I know more than one person whose surname Kolikhaev was simply forbidden to mention, otherwise they were told outright: there will be no work,” the Kherson mayor’s son said.
Sviatoslav Kolikhaev also said he fears for his father’s further fate.
“Now I’m afraid that my father simply won’t come back from there,” he noted.
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