On 17 June 2014, at 10:46 am she was captured near the village of Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, by members of the Zarya Battalion, an armed pro-Russian militant group that declared allegiance to the self-declared People's Republic of Luhansk.
Den 17 juni 2014 kl. 10:46 tillfångatogs hon i närheten av byn Metalist i Slovianoserbsk Raion av medlemmar ur Zaryabataljonen, en beväpnad prorysk milisgrupp som svurit trohet mot den självdeklarerade Folkrepubliken Lugansk.