Azov fighter Alexander Ishchenko died in the Russian captivity: what is known about him

According to Ombudsman Dmitry Lubin, the Ukrainian warrior died 9 days ago. However, no one officially announced the Ukrainian side. The daughter of the deceased told him. A prisoner of war, Azov fighter Alexander Ishchenko died in a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don in Russia. This was reported by the Russian edition of "Mediazon".

According to journalists, this was reported during a meeting of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, which is considering the case of Ishchenko and another 23 "Azov". The courts of the defendant confirming the court, the trial of the court has not yet had time. Dmitry Lubinets, the Commissioner for Human Rada, reacted to the death of Ishchenko. He wrote in Telegram in his Telegram that, according to the daughter of a defender of Ukraine, he died 9 days ago.

However, no one officially announced the Ukrainian side. There was also no official report of the cause of the death of a citizen of Ukraine. "Therefore, he addressed an immediate letter to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation so that it would understand the tragic death of a prisoner of war, held by the Russian side, and informed me the circumstances and cause of Alexander Ishchenko's death," Lubinets wrote.

He also stated that the tragedy additionally reported the ICRC and the UN to record the fact of the death of a prisoner of war and drew attention to the conditions of maintenance of Ukrainian prisoners of prisoners. "Ukraine demands that the Russian Federation strictly adhere to the Geneva Conventions - providing the necessary medical assistance, has created a mixed medical commission, so that it would be able to repatriate all the seriously ill and seriously wounded," Lubin said.

According to RBC-Ukraine, in February 2022, Alexander voluntarily joined the Troboron of the Azov Regiment to the post of military driver. Already in the spring, he was captured during the fighting for Mariupol, and then in Russia became a person involved in criminal case together with another 23 Ukrainians. He was accused of participating in an alleged terrorist organization and an attempt at a violent seizure of power.