Following unlawful sentencing, the occupiers transferred several Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant workers and Enerhodar residents to pre-trial detention centers in temporarily occupied Crimea. This transfer complicates monitoring their conditions and makes Crimea a primary focus of our efforts.

On 21 May, Igor Kotelianets, head of the Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin, met with Olha Kuryshko, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The conversation also included Ivan Samoidiuk, First Deputy Mayor of Enerhodar, and Oleksandr Korzh, brother of unlawfully imprisoned Serhii Korzh and a former Kremlin captive, both of whom also participated.

Oleksandr recounted that in September 2022, the occupiers abducted his brother Serhii, and in December, abducted Oleksandr as well. In October 2024, Serhii received a 13-year sentence on fabricated espionage charges. Oleksandr was released in March 2025 and returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory, while his brother remains unlawfully detained.

Ivan Samoidiuk noted that the occupiers are subjecting Enerhodar residents to the same pressures long experienced by Crimean residents, including threats, fabricated cases, and forced "confessions." Attempts to leave the occupied territory may result in detention at checkpoints.

During the meeting, participants discussed strategies to secure the release of the nuclear workers. The Representative's Office and the Association agreed to collaborate on these efforts.