Relatives and acquaintances have lost contact with Anastasiia Mamotiuk, a Ukrainian citizen who was abducted by Russian forces from the Oleshky psychoneurological care home and taken to Russia.

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Emile Foundation told Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life) that contact with Mamotiuk was lost while arrangements were being made for her return to Ukraine.

The Russians occupied the Oleshky care home in Kherson Oblast in the very first days of the full-scale invasion and began deporting its residents in 2022. In November 2023, Anastasiia was among three adults taken to Penza, Russia.

Oleksandr Danylchuk, one of the residents who subsequently returned to Ukraine, said they were told about the relocation just one day before leaving. They were not asked whether they wanted to go to Russia.

Anastasiia and the others were moved to Novye Berega (New Shores), an assisted living facility for people with disabilities run by Sofia Lvova-Belova, the sister of Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights.

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hopefully this means she found a way to escape.

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  • [–] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    If she's profoundly disabled, it's highly unlikely. She lived in a facility for people who need around-the-clock care for serious health issues, and she's a wheelchair user.

    It makes me taste gall to say it, but it's far more likely that the soldiers who abducted her cared more about using her as a human shield, and didn't take her files or her meds when they kidnapped her. It's likely that she's dead or in deteriorating condition.

    Fuck Russia.

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