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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 summons Red Cross envoy after statement condemning strikes in Russia

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry summoned a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine to explain a statement condemning strikes on critical infrastructure “in Ukraine and Russia” on Jan. 15.

15 January, 05:53 PM

Ukraine returns 1,000 fallen soldiers' bodies from Russia

Ukraine repatriated 1,000 bodies claimed by Russia as fallen Ukrainian troops, the Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of Prisoners of War reported on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 02:46 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

Kremlin decries UN and ICRC invitation to Kursk Oblast as a 'provocation'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Ukraine's invitation of UN and Red Cross representatives to Kursk Oblast a "provocation," TASS reports on Sept. 16.

16 September 2024, 05:14 PM

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