Dmytro Lubinets

At least 375 Ukrainians tortured to death in Russian captivity, commissioner says

Ukraine has recovered the bodies of 375 citizens who died in Russian captivity, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Aug. 12, describing Russia’s treatment of Ukrainian prisoners as a systematic regime of torture, humiliation, and sham justice, according to Ukrinform.

12 August, 07:00 PM

Ombudsperson's rep persecuted after exposing mobilization abuses

Ukraine’s commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said that his representative in Zakarpattia Oblast, Andrii Kriuchkov, is being persecuted after investigating abuses at the local military recruitment center.

11 August, 01:38 AM

Ombudsman demands sweeping inspections of Zakarpattia recruitment centers

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said his office and he personally have come under information attacks after publicizing alleged violations at the Berehove District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center in Zakarpattia Oblast.

9 August, 04:48 PM

Poltava IDPs forced to live in moldy kindergartens since 2022, commissioner says

176 internally displaced persons in Poltava have been forced to live for years in unsanitary kindergarten buildings plagued by mold, inaccessible facilities and inadequate conditions since 2022, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on July 13.

13 July, 06:48 PM

Ukraine proposes allowing POWs make phone calls

Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets proposed during talks with his Russian counterpart, Yana Lantratova, that Ukraine and Russia allow prisoners of war to make phone calls to their families, Lubinets said on July 1.

2 July, 01:39 AM

June 26 POW exchange in photos

With the latest prisoner-of-war exchange between Ukraine and Russia, 160 Ukrainian servicemembers returned home, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on June 26.

27 June, 02:36 AM

Most Ukrainian POWs now home — ombudsman

Ukraine has brought home more soldiers from Russian captivity than remain there, Ukraine’s ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said in an interview with RFE/RL on June 10.

10 June, 07:56 PM

Lubinets recounts how ousted presidential aide Yermak sought to bring him into his fold

Former Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak sought to cooperate with Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, he said in an interview with Radio Liberty on June 10.

10 June, 10:05 AM

UN, ICRC failing to protect Ukrainian POWs, ombudsman says

Russia is delaying agreements on prisoner exchanges and dragging out the process, and international organizations are not protecting Ukrainian POWs or responding adequately to torture and other rights violations, Ukraine’s ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on May 28.

28 May, 11:18 PM

Ukraine documents 695 forms of Russian torture against prisoners, Lubinets says

Ukraine’s ombudsman’s office has documented 695 forms of torture Russia uses against Ukrainian prisoners, including beatings, physical and psychological abuse, and sexual violence, hromadske reported on May 22.

22 May, 07:17 PM

Russia is blocking planned 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange – Lubinets

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said delays in a planned “1,000-for-1,000” prisoner exchange are solely due to Russia’s position, speaking during Ukraine’s national television marathon, according to Ukrainska Pravda on May 13.

13 May, 11:03 AM

Lubinets met with Russian ombudsman Moskalkova

Ukraine’s Human Right Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets met with Russian ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, Lubinets said in a Telegram post on April 13.

13 April, 09:02 PM

Many freed Ukrainian defenders in serious condition after captivity

Ukraine repatriated 200 soldiers from Russian captivity in the first phase of a prisoner exchange agreed in Geneva, many of them in serious psychological condition with critically low body weight, Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported on March 5.

5 March, 06:23 PM

Lubinets: At least 337 Ukrainian POWs executed in Russian captivity

Russian forces “deliberately and brutally” executed 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war as of the end of 2025, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said on March 3.

4 March, 02:47 AM

Mobilization officers alone lack authority to detain citizens —Ombudsman

Officers of Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRCs) lack authority to detain citizens without corresponding court orders, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said on Feb. 9.

9 February, 08:30 PM

Talks underway to return civilians taken by Russia from Ukrainian village

Russia has handed over a list of civilians it removed from the village of Hrabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast and provided information on their whereabouts and living conditions, Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

27 December 2025, 03:16 PM

Ukraine struggles to return its youngest deported children from Russia - Ombudsman

The most difficult group to return from Russia are the youngest Ukrainian children, as they are unable to assert their national identity themselves, Ukraine's Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said, Ukrinform reported on Dec. 10.

11 December 2025, 09:30 AM

Russia preparing staged 'peaceful protests' to incite unrest in Ukraine – Ombudsman Lubinets

Russian security services may be preparing “peaceful protests” in major Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, in an effort to destabilize the country internally, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Dec. 8.

8 December 2025, 06:16 PM

Italy allows Ukrainian commissioner access to suspect in Nord Stream sabotage

Italian authorities granted a Ukrainian parliamentary commissioner access to Serhiy Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian man suspected of the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, for a four-hour meeting on Nov. 15, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said in comments to news outlet Babel.

18 November 2025, 04:35 PM

Ukraine's ombudsman seeks access to jail holding Nord Stream suspect

Ukraine’s human-rights commissioner asks Italian authorities for access to the jail where Serhii Kuznetsov — a Ukrainian held on suspicion in the Nord Stream case — is detained, ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Nov. 4.

5 November 2025, 10:14 AM

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