Dmytro Lubinets

Ukraine to establish new center to bring civilians home from Russian captivity

Ukraine will establish a new coordination center to bring home Ukrainians held in Russian prisons or living under Russian occupation, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets announced at a news conference, according to an NV correspondent.

2 November, 07:11 PM

Lubinets disputes Ukraine’s military reports of Russian troop buildup near Oleshky

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said he had found no evidence that Russia deployed additional forces during the ceasefire around Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, contradicting reports from the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

2 November, 05:48 PM

Ukraine and Russia agree not to disclose evacuation numbers from Oleshky – commissioner

Under agreements with Moscow, neither side is disclosing how many people left occupied Oleshky for Russia or for Ukraine, Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said at a briefing on Nov. 2, according to NV correspondent Serhiy Okuniev.

2 November, 05:33 PM

Ukraine ruled out Oleshky evacuation across Dnipro to protect military positions

Evacuating residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky across the Dnipro River was ruled out during preparations for the humanitarian mission because Ukrainian troops opposed the option, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said at a briefing on Nov. 2, according to an NV correspondent.

2 November, 05:28 PM

Ukraine recovers bodies in Oleshky during ceasefire, negotiating their return – commissioner

During the ceasefire in occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian officials were able to recover the bodies of people killed in the local hospital and elsewhere in the town, Parliamentary Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said at a briefing on Nov. 2.

2 November, 04:50 PM

Oleshky humanitarian mission offers hope for lasting peace, Melania Trump says

The humanitarian operation to evacuate residents of the occupied town of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast is grounds for hope that lasting peace can be achieved, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump said on X on Oct. 31.

31 October, 08:29 PM

Ukrainian delegation heads to occupied Oleshky for U.S.-brokered humanitarian mission

A Ukrainian delegation led by Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has set off for Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, where a temporary ceasefire is in effect as part of a U.S.-brokered humanitarian mission, Ukrainian lawmaker David Arakhamia reported on October 29.

29 October, 12:03 PM

Commissioner Lubinets describes life in Kherson during Oleshky ceasefire

Life has picked up in Kherson, which is within the ceasefire zone under the humanitarian mission in Oleshky, and more people are out on the streets, Dmytro Lubinets, the parliamentary human rights commissioner, reported on X on Oct. 28.

28 October, 05:30 PM

No incidents recorded in Oleshky during 30 hours of ceasefire – commissioner

A ceasefire regime had been in effect in Oleshky in Kherson Oblast for 30 hours, during which no incident was recorded, Dmytro Lubinets, the parliamentary human rights commissioner, said on X on Oct. 28.

28 October, 11:21 AM

Russia observing ceasefire regime near humanitarian mission in Oleshky – Ukrainian Defense Forces

Russian forces are observing the "silence regime" introduced for a humanitarian mission in Oleshky in Kherson Oblast as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 27, said Pavlo Drohal, spokesperson for the 30th Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.

27 October, 12:02 PM

Russians forcibly remove 25 civilians, including children, from occupied Kharkiv Oblast

Russian troops forcibly removed 25 civilians, including children, from the occupied part of Kharkiv Oblast to an unknown destination, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on Oct. 9.

9 October, 04:18 PM

Ukrainian woman detained in Kazakhstan was ‘lured’ by grandson’s ‘new relatives’ – commissioner

Ukrainian woman Liubov Rozhanska, who was detained in Kazakhstan after traveling there to bring her grandson back to Ukraine, may have been tricked into coming by the boy’s “new relatives” acting in collusion with Russia’s FSB, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram on Oct. 3.

3 October, 09:40 PM

Russia will use strikes on ‘humanitarian’ shipments carrying troops to Oleshky against Ukraine — expert

Petro Andriushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, told Radio NV that Russia could use Ukrainian strikes on purported humanitarian shipments to Oleshky, which also carry Russian troops, against Ukraine on Sept. 24.

24 September, 05:00 PM

Ukraine to seek return of 70-year-old woman sentenced in Russia for donating to Armed Forces

Ukraine will appeal to the Russian side for the return of 70-year-old Svitlana Loi, a resident of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhya Oblast who was sentenced in Russia to 15 years in prison over donations to the Ukrainian military, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets told journalists on Aug. 27, according to hromadske.

27 August, 07:49 PM

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

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