In Kazakhstan, at the request of the Russian Federation, a Ukrainian woman was detained on her way to pick up her grandson

02.10.2026, 10:13◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

In Kazakhstan, at the airport of Astana, at the request of Russia, a Ukrainian woman Lyubov Rozhanska was detained, who was traveling to pick up her grandson to deliver him to her father in Odessa. — Ukrinform.

In Kazakhstan, at the request of the Russian Federation, a Ukrainian woman was detained on her way to pick up her grandson

Ukrinform reports with reference to DW.

According to the publication, Lyubov Rozhanska flew to Astana from Istanbul. The woman wanted to take her grandson, who was to be brought there from Russia, to Astana. It is about the son of her daughter Alla Andreeva (Sonchyk), who lived in Odessa.

The publication reports that in the summer of 2026, the family of the new husband of the boy's mother contacted Lyubov Rozhanska and offered to transfer the boy to his Ukrainian father and her, grandmother. According to DW, at that time a court in the Russian Federation decided to take Rozhanska into custody in the case of abduction of a child, as well as to prepare documents for her extradition.

In a comment to the publication, Rozhanska's lawyers Oleksiy Pryanyshnikov and Riza Nurbaeva said that the request for the arrest of the woman was made through the CSTO. Nerubova also notes that Rozhanska did not know about the criminal case against her.

Details

As Ukrinform reported, russians illegally sentenced 30-year-old citizen of Ukraine Jan Haupt to 24 years in prison for allegedly preparing and committing a "terrorist act".

Context

It is noted that in 2021, the daughter of Rozhanska, together with her son, went to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation to her second husband, a Russian, and stayed there. In 2022, Alla Andreeva renounced her Ukrainian citizenship and received Russian citizenship for herself and her son.

In 2025, the Supreme Court of Ukraine, on the claim of the child's father, determined the place of residence of the boy to be Odesa.

What's next

Currently, according to DW, Liubov Rozhanska is in a pre-trial detention center in the capital of Kazakhstan, the trial is expected within three days.