Dmytro Lubinets

Rights violations by military recruiters becoming more widespread, ombudsman warns

Human rights violations by the employees of Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRC) “have become systemic and widespread,” Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on March 26.

26 March 2025, 09:52 PM

Unacceptable and escalating: Lubinets warns of rising enlistment office violations

The number of reported rights violations during mobilization activities by territorial recruitment center staff has risen in 2025, with the nature of these violations changing, Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said in a Telegram post on March 21.

21 March 2025, 02:42 PM

Russians using drones to ‘hunt’ children in Kherson — Lubinets

Russian forces targeted Ukrainian children in Kherson with explosives dropped from FPV (first-person view) drones, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on March 17.

18 March 2025, 02:03 AM

Ukrainian ombudsman: Russian commanders endorsing executions of Ukrainian POWs

Russian military channels are circulating videos allegedly showing the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces. Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, reported this on Feb. 17.

17 February 2025, 06:45 PM

Families of Ukrainian POWs alerted to fraud scheme demanding money for parcel delivery

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets warned families of prisoners of war about a scam involving fraudsters posing as international humanitarian mission workers and demanding money for supposed parcel deliveries to POWs, in a post on Telegram on Feb. 7.

7 February 2025, 01:18 PM

Ukraine, Russia agree on regular prisoner exchanges in 2025

Kyiv and Moscow have reached a “preliminary agreement” to make regular prisoner exchanges this year, prioritizing the return of seriously ill and severely wounded POWs, Ukraine's Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets announced on Jan. 6.

6 January 2025, 07:57 PM

Russians kidnapped 48 children from Kherson orphanage during retreat — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

In 2022, as Russian invaders retreated from Kherson, they kidnapped 48 children from an orphanage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Facebook on Dec. 24.

24 December 2024, 09:34 PM

More than 100 Ukrainian POWs executed by Russian forces in 2024

In 2024 alone, Russian troops have executed 109 Ukrainian prisoners-of-war, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 10:06 PM

Ukraine has returned 3,935 people from Russian captivity since the invasion began — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 3,935 people, including 3,767 servicemen, have been freed from Russian captivity, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram on Dec. 8.

8 December 2024, 03:36 PM

Ukraine's population may decrease to 25.2 million by 2051

Grim demographic trends in Ukraine suggest that the country’s population could drop to 25.2 million by 2051, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Dec. 3.

4 December 2024, 01:54 AM

Ukraine's human rights commissioner calls for action after execution of POWs near Pokrovsk

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has condemned the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, calling it a grave war crime and urging international action in a Telegram post on Nov. 26.

26 November 2024, 02:55 PM

Ukraine has returned 3,767 citizens from Russian captivity since invasion

Since Russia's full-scale invasion began, Ukraine has freed 3,767 citizens from captivity, including 186 civilians, Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said on Nov. 20.

20 November 2024, 06:56 PM

Russian forces execute two Ukrainian POWs in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, ombudsman says

Russian forces have executed at least two unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, according to Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman.

11 November 2024, 04:18 PM

Qatar delivers lists of missing soldiers and POW letters to Ukraine, says Lubinets

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets received lists of missing Ukrainian servicemen and letters from Ukrainian prisoners of war to their relatives from Qatar.

25 October 2024, 02:22 PM

Ukrainian commissioner Lubinets comments on execution of Ukrainian POWs near Selydove

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has commented on the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war near Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, according to a statement on Telegram on Oct. 24.

24 October 2024, 02:50 PM

Ombudsman appeals to UN and ICRC after Russia executes captured Ukrainian soldiers

Ukraine’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, has appealed to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) following the execution of two Ukrainian POWs near Selydove, Donetsk Oblast.

22 October 2024, 02:11 AM

15-year-old boy brutally beaten in dormitory in Khmelnytskyi: Ukraine's Ombudsman responds

A 15-year-old student of a vocational school was brutally beaten in a dormitory in Khmelnytskyi, resulting in his hospitalization in intensive care. The Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, responded to the incident.

15 October 2024, 12:47 PM

Lubinets calls on UN and Red Cross after Russians execute Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk

Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's Commissioner for Human Rights, said he has sent letters to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the shooting of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kursk Oblast by Russian forces.

14 October 2024, 05:53 PM

Lubinets refutes claims of child exchange agreement between Ukraine and Russia

Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, denied a report from Le Monde claiming Qatar had signed an agreement with Ukraine and Russia for the exchange of 13 children, stating that the claim is false on Sept. 27.

27 September 2024, 12:42 PM

Russia shows no interest in evacuating its citizens from Kursk Oblast

Russia is refusing to evacuate its citizens from Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian Armed Forces spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi said during the United News telethon on Sept. 24.

24 September 2024, 05:43 PM

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