DPR gunmen captured Donetsk human rights activist and blogger Oleksander Kudinov

Around September 23, in Donetsk gunmen of the so-called «DPR» captured a local human rights activist and blogger Oleksander Kudinov. The last time he was hear from was when he called his wife Iryna on the morning of Septemebr 22.  On September 23, he was not answering his phone, and later Iryna received a text message that he was taken prisoner. Iryna believes he might have gone to Donetsk as his mother and sister live there.

Kudinov was helping local residents, mostly women and children, to evacuate from the combat zone both to Russia and to Ukraine.