Iryna Volodymyrivna Dovhan is a Ukrainian activist and a native of Yasynuvata, who was abducted in 2014 by pro-Russian insurgents of the Vostok Battalion.
13 Facts About Iryna Dovhan
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Iryna Dovhan says that she was beaten and humiliated for five days.
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Khodakovsky ordered Iryna Dovhan freed and vowed to discipline those responsible for her detention and public humiliation.
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Iryna Dovhan has since left Donetsk and joined her family in Mariupol, a city then-controlled by Ukrainian forces.
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Iryna Dovhan says passers-by slapped and kicked her, spit on her and hurled tomatoes at her face.
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Iryna Dovhan stated that she was never a spy, but she freely admits to being a volunteer who collected donations from locals and delivered them to Ukrainian soldiers stationed nearby.
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Iryna Dovhan says she wasn't the only person in Donetsk who helped Ukrainian soldiers through donations.
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Iryna Dovhan says that she made a fateful mistake when she took photos of soldiers receiving the collections, with the intention of showing them to people who donated the supplies.
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Iryna Dovhan met, thanked and hugged the photographer Mauricio Lima, whose photograph drew wide attention to her plight.
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Iryna Dovhan did not take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
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Iryna Dovhan is a professional beautician, a native of Yasynuvata and, until recently, a resident of the town.
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Iryna Dovhan studied economics and owned a beauty salon in her hometown, which was taken by rebels in April 2014.
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Iryna Dovhan is married and in 2014 had a 16-year-old daughter and a 32-year-old son.