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On 5 August, Russian security forces searched the home of 52-year-old Hanna Pyrozhenko in the occupied village of Pershokostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, before taking her away to an unknown location. The case was reported<\/a> by Zarema Bariieva, a manager at the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Zarema Bariieva, Hanna Pyrozhenko was given ‘only a few minutes to change clothes’ <\/em>before being taken away. ‘Her husband set out to find her the following day, 6 August. But instead of receiving any information about his wife’s whereabouts, he himself was detained, severely beaten, tortured with electric shocks and had his ribs broken. After confiscating all his Ukrainian-issued documents, the occupiers released him and ordered him to leave the occupied territory within a matter of days. They told him outright that if he failed to do so, he would end up in the cell next to his wife,’<\/em> Zarema Bariieva said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crimean Tatar Resource Centre<\/em> has established that Hanna Pyrozhenko was initially taken to Chaplynka and later transferred to Henichesk. The fact that she has been assigned a lawyer suggests that criminal proceedings have been opened against her, although it remains unclear what charges she faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanna Pyrozhenko’s home was previously searched in January 2025, but no further action was taken at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanna Pyrozhenko worked as a schoolteacher for around 20 years. She left her job in 2022 and had since been looking after the household and caring for her 83-year-old mother and her mother’s 77-year-old brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-64191","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-kherson-oblast","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRussian security forces detain former teacher in occupied Kherson Oblast - Political prisoners support. 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