Hanna Mokrousova is the Ukrainian human rights defender, psychologist and a co-founder of Blue Bird, an organisation that tracks information about civilians kidnapped or disappeared in the Eastern Ukraine and provides psychological, legal and humanitarian help to their families.
When Russian military intervention in Ukraine started in February 2014, many people have been reported missing or kidnapped, mostly by separatist and pro-Russian armed groups.
Blue Bird provides professional psychological support and assistance, as well as medical screening of and legal aid to the victims of abductions.
Mokrousova and Blue Bird also gather medication and food for the hostages, provide psychological and rehabilitation assistance for those released and their families.
Blue Bird also collects information about people who are illegally detained, held hostage or missing in Donbas, carry out public control over law-enforcement bodies.