06/04/2022 16:44

Held an online meeting with the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden Eric Nimansson

Informed colleague about the terrible humanitarian situation and mass killings of civilians in the temporarily occupied and surrounded by enemy cities of Ukraine and the abuse of racist soldiers against civilians in Ukraine, the consequences of which we saw after the liberation of cities from the occupier.

Noted the number of internally displaced citizens of Ukraine and war refugees.  More than 30,000 of our compatriots have already arrived in Sweden.  Drew the attention of colleague to the forced deportation of Ukrainian citizens to Russia - according to russian authorities, more than 615 thousand of them, including 121 thousand children.

Informed about the activities of the Commissioner in martial law, the work of the 24-hour toll-free hotline to provide assistance to our citizens in evacuation, assistance in the search for missing persons and psychological support.

Mr. Nimansson expressed the full support of the people of Ukraine in the war against the aggressor on the part of the Swedish people and the readiness of the Swedes to continue to receive and help our citizens.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden has promised to pass on all information, received from me, the competent authorities of Sweden for appropriate decisions.

Agreed to continue to work closely together to achieve peace in Ukraine.  I invited Mr. Niemannson to Kyiv and I look forward to a personal meeting after our victory.

We work together for the sake of Victory!