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Russian rear troops sent to assaults as North Koreans take their posts – Coordination HQ

Russian forces are sending soldiers who previously served in rear units to the frontlines as assault troops, while bringing in soldiers from North Korea to take over their former positions, I Want to Live project wrote on Oct. 3.

3 October 2025, 02:13 PM

No quick reunion with family: what really happens to Russian POWs after exchanges — Coordination HQ

Russian prisoners of war returning home after exchanges face interrogations and redeployment to the front lines, not treatment, rehabilitation, or family reunions, according to Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. The state project I Want to Live, backed by the Defense Ministry and Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence, released the account.

25 August 2025, 02:05 PM

Leaked documents show catastrophic losses and desertion in Russia’s 41st Army

41st Combined Arms Army, part of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, is suffering catastrophic losses in its war against Ukraine — with thousands killed or missing, Ukrainian I Want to Live project wrote on July 17.

17 July 2025, 01:35 PM

Chinese citizen fighting for Russia surrenders in Ukraine

Ukrainian defenders captured another Chinese citizen fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, serving in the 102nd Regiment of Russia’s 150th Division, the Hochu Zhyt (‘I Want to Live’) project, supported by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and Main Directorate of Intelligence, reported on June 27, releasing footage of the prisoner.

27 June 2025, 07:43 PM

List of Belarusian citizens fighting for Russia against Ukraine published online

As of early 2025, at least 742 mercenaries holding passports of the Republic of Belarus were serving in Russia’s occupying army. The figures were reported on April 28 by the state-run project I Want to Live, part of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which assists in voluntary surrenders.

28 April 2025, 04:17 PM

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