Ukraine’s border guards set five teenagers free; occupiers held them in cellar

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2022, 12:09

Fighters of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service have released five teenagers who the occupiers held in a cellar in Kharkiv Oblast.

Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

Details: While on duty in the recently liberated city of Kupiansk, border guards found five teenagers, aged 15 to 17 years old, who were locked in a cellar by the occupiers.

Four girls and a boy had been locked in a cellar for 7 days before they were released. The teenagers are originally from the Kupiansk, Izium and Chuhuiv districts, but all studied in the same medical education facility.

They told the border guards that the occupiers were conducting filtration measures, and then locked them up in a cellar for no reason.

Quote: "The teens were grateful beyond borders. It is hard to imagine what could have happened to the children if the Defence Forces of Ukraine had not liberated this territory.

At the moment, competent law enforcement authorities are working with the released girls and the boy".