Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured at Russian prison - BBC
WEBThe prisoner swaps between Ukraine and Russia are a rare diplomatic achievement in the war and more than 2,500 Ukrainians have been released since the start of the conflict. Up to 10,000 captives...
Russian authorities systematically torture Ukrainian POWs, UN says
WEB8 hours ago — Geneva — Russian authorities have subjected hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war to “widespread and systematic torture” while supervisors in detention facilities aware of that treatment did...
"The beating was brutal. Abuse was very bad": Freed Ukrainian POWs …
WEBMar 6, 2023 — One atrocity in Vladimir Putin's unprovoked war in Ukraine is largely hidden-- the torture of prisoners. We met three former POWs, survivors, in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. They were soldiers, and...
Survivors, leaked UN analysis point to Russia as the culprit in ...
WEBJul 25, 2024 — Sgt. Kyrylo Masalitin, known as Maslo, who survived the explosion at the Russian-controlled Olenivka prison two years ago that killed more than 50 Ukrainian POWs, sits for a portrait in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs for the first time in months.
WEBMay 31, 2024 — Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war (POWs) on Friday, each sending back 75 in the first such swap in the past three months, officials said. The warring sides only meet when they swap their dead and POWs, which requires considerable preparation and diplomacy. (AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko) Read More. 3 of 25 |.
Ukrainian and Russian POWs tortured and ill-treated: OHCHR - UN News
WEBNov 15, 2022 — Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN’s human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, said that, over the past few months, her team had interviewed 159 prisoners of war – or POWs - both men and women,...
Ukraine investigating alleged shooting of 16 POWs by Russia
WEB1 day ago — Russia. Ukraine said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into what it said was an apparent shooting dead by Russian troops of 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war, soldiers who had surrendered...
Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a …
WEBJan 31, 2024 — Russia and Ukraine said they have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war, despite tensions stemming from last week’s crash of a military transport plane that Moscow claimed was carrying Ukrainian POWs and was shot …
Russian plane crash: Ministry says 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war …
WEBJan 24, 2024 — Moscow has accused Ukraine's military of shooting down a plane, which it says was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The plane came down near the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the...
Ukraine and Russia complete first prisoner swap since plane crash - BBC
WEBJan 31, 2024 — Russia and Ukraine say they have exchanged captured soldiers - the first swap since the crash of a Russian plane that Moscow claimed had 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs) on board....