Kharkiv held a rally for the captives: how the city supports the defenders.

On Saturday, August 2, a rally took place in Kharkiv in support of Ukrainian military captives and missing persons. Dozens of residents took to the streets with a call to bring the defenders back home.

Journalist Novyny.LIVE Veronika Marchenko reports from the scene.

Support for the military in captivity in Kharkiv

In the city center, Kharkiv residents took to the streets with posters and flags to remind once again of the soldiers and civilians who are still in Russian captivity or are considered missing. Many participants in the rally have not had any information about the whereabouts of their loved ones for a long time and call on society not to forget about the importance of this issue.

The rally was attended not only by adults but also by children whose parents are considered captives or missing during the war.

'I want to remind society of this pain. It is very hard to live with the fact that guys are going missing and there are more and more of them — the missing persons and military captives. We are all united by one grief,' — said the wife of the military captive Yevhen Oliynyk, Vita.

It should be noted that the Russian army attacked Kharkiv with drones, resulting in an infant being injured. A trial has also begun in Kharkiv regarding the beating of a teacher by military recruitment officials.