was overrun by Russian regular troops, being the last Ukrainian base to fall. Mamchur was verbally abused by pro-Russian militia and cossacks, but he refused to be provoked, and ordered his men to resist non-violently and sing the Ukrainian national anthem. Immediately he was then arrested. He was released three days later. According to Mamchur's aides he was being held in Sevastopol. Mamchur has stated he was, during (t)his detention, under intense psychological pressure. "They kept me in a single confinement cell for 3.5 days. On the first day unidentified Russian troops kept constantly talking to me – they tried to persuade me to commit treason, betray the oath to the people of Ukraine, go serve in the Russian army. Then there was just psychological pressure – they would not let me sleep, knocked on the door with gun butts. I feel well, my mood is a fighting one. What will I do next? First, I will take a shower, then I will be making decisions. Glory to Ukraine!". On 29 March Mamchur and his unit were stationed in Mykolaiv (their wives and children were also re-located in Mykolaiv). In August 2014 Mamchur was "working to restore combat efficiency" of this unit and restaffing it. The unit did receive from Russia about 150 aircraft back (according to Mamchur the ones "which they had discarded as useless"). According to Mamchur "Thirty-eight percent of my subdivision left Crimea, it is slightly more than 200 men". Political career In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Mamchur was elected into parliament after being in the top 10 of the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc. Mamchur was not re-elected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. As an independent candidate he failed to win a constituency seat in constituency number 93 situated in Kyiv Oblast. 4.76% of the voters of the constituency voted for Mamchur. Family and personal life Mamchur and his wife, Larysa, lived in Sevastopol. They have one daughter and a granddaughter. Notes References People of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Ukrainian colonels Living people People from Uman Ukrainian people taken hostage Ukrainian military personnel 1971 births Petro Poroshenko Bloc politicians Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Ukrainian exiles of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class