Ivan Honchar, 24. Detained ‘for opposing the special military operation’. Location unknown for eight months
Ivan graduated from Mariupol’s Metallurgical Institute, but he never worked in that field. He opened his own business — he sold brand clothing in a store in Mariupol. According to his relatives, Ivan has never served in the army and is in no way connected to the military.
He lost his house after Russian shelling; at the beginning of April, he and his family fled Mariupol, using the only possible way out — through Russia. Everyone had to go through the “filtration” process, more than once. According to his mother, Valentyna, the first time they were stopped was at a security checkpoint in the [Donetsk region village] Bezimenne. There, he passed a “check”.