“Don’t worry too much there—I survived.” Oleg Sentsov spoke about his health after ending his hunger strike

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov wrote a letter from the colony to human rights activist Nikolai Shchur, in which he spoke about the state of his health after the end of his hunger strike. Shchur wrote about this on Facebook.

“I myself feel better than a month ago, much better. The analyzes, of course, are not yet good, but they are no longer bad, as they used to be. [Putting droppers] also stopped at the end of last week, finally. Now, basically, a diet, supervision and so, tablets on trifles. So don’t worry too much there - I survived, ”Shchur quoted an excerpt from Sentsov’s letter.

He noted that the letter was dated 29 October.

• Oleg Sentsov, who was sentenced in Russia to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges, went on an indefinite hunger strike in May demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners. In early October, he stopped her under the threat of force-feeding. Sentsov went on a hunger strike for 140 days.
• A week and a half after the director began to be taken out of the hunger strike, his sister Natalya Kaplan reported a "critical situation." She stated that the hunger strike had irreversible consequences for Sentsov's health.
• The day before, the Federal Penitentiary Service reported that the director had gained about 10 kilograms after the end of the hunger strike, and his health had almost returned to normal.