Commenting on the development of the situation with Vadim Golda, an OSCE employee illegally imprisoned by Russia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga noted that Moscow's blatant disregard for international law knows no bounds.
The Ukrainian side learned that Vadim Golda has already been transferred to a prison in the Tambov region of Russia, which poses an even more serious threat to his health - physically and mentally.
The head of the Foreign Ministry noted that if this information is confirmed, Vadim will become the third OSCE employee from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine to be transferred to Russia in flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions.
"Such actions could also be considered war crimes and would constitute another chapter in the series of serious violations suffered by three OSCE employees.
I call on the OSCE Secretary General and the Swiss Presidency to take immediate measures to determine the whereabouts of the workers and ensure their immediate and unconditional release. Ukraine will also raise this issue at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting.
All three employees of the OSCE's special monitoring mission - Dmytro Shebnov, Maxim Petrov and Adiim Golda - are supposed to be released eventually. Immediately," stressed Andrey Sibiga.