By Eliza Popova
Then Mykolaenko expressed his rigid position on preventing provocations in Kherson and the inability to capture the city with terrorist groups. With the beginning of a full -scale invasion and Russian occupation, Vladimir Mykolaenko joined the ranks of territorial defense. The exmer Russian military was abducted on April 18, 2022 and offered cooperation, but he refused. At first, he was in the city, as evidenced by videos of propaganda.
In one of them Vladimir Mykolaenko said that Roman Shukhevych fought not for Nazi invaders, but for Ukraine. After that, he was taken out of Kherson and by the end of November 2022, nothing was known about the fate of the man until representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that the former mayor was in Russian captivity. In May 2025, information emerged that exmer in 2022 refused to exchange in favor of another, seriously ill prisoner.
And after the refusal, the Russian side no longer included it in the lists for exchange. It should be noted that the exchange of prisoners in a format of 146 for 146 people reported the Russian Defense Ministry. The Ukrainian side has not been officially informed about the exchange. We will remind, the expert of Kherson Volodymyr Mykolaenko was illegally kept in the correctional colony №7 of the city of Pakino of the Vladimir region.
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