Ukrainian Grandmother Detained in Alleged FSB Trap

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Fri, 2 October 2026peak 3 reports on Fri, 2 October 2026Sat, 3 October 2026

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Kyiv Post (Ukraine)

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2 Oct, 16:50over 19 hours3 Oct, 11:29

Fri, 2 October 2026
3 reports
- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)16:50first to report
  Ukrainian Grandmother Detained in Alleged FSB Trap
  Kazakhstan detained Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska at Astana airport after she arrived to collect her grandson, whom a Ukrainian court had ordered to live with his father in Odesa. Russia accuses her of attempting to abduct the child, while her lawyer alleges the proposed handover was a planned FSB provocation.
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)18:54
  Kazakhstan detains Ukrainian woman at Russia's request as she traveled to pick up grandson
  Kazakh authorities detained Ukrainian national Liubov Rozhanska at Astana airport at Russia's request as she was traveling to pick up her grandson and take him to his father in Odesa.
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)19:25
  MFA asks Kazakhstan not to grant Russia's extradition request for detained Ukrainian
  The Embassy of Ukraine in Kazakhstan has asked the Kazakh side not to grant Russia's extradition request for Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska, who was detained in Astana.
Sat, 3 October 2026
1 report
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)11:29
  Lubinets urges Kazakhstan to prevent extradition of Ukrainian citizen to Russia
  The Ukrainian Parliament's Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, has urged Kazakhstan's Ombudsman Artur Lastayev to prevent the extradition to Russia of a Ukrainian woman who was lured to Astana by Russian special services and her grandson's new family.