POWs

Amnesty International documents 109 executions of Ukrainian POWs in 2024

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has documented 109 executions of Ukrainian prisoners-of-war in 2024, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported on March 4.

4 March 2025, 11:41 PM

Russian marine confesses to executing Ukrainian POW — video

Public broadcaster Suspilne obtained a video from Ukraine’s SBU security service showing a Russian soldier confessing to the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The video was released on Feb. 27.

27 February 2025, 08:56 PM

Ukraine returns bodies of over 750 fallen soldiers

Ukraine has successfully repatriated the bodies of 757 fallen soldiers, according to a statement from the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Feb. 14.

14 February 2025, 04:24 PM

Russia preparing provocation against Coordination HQ for POWs, HUR warns

Russia is planning a provocation against Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War by spreading forged documents, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported on Feb. 8.

8 February 2025, 11:22 AM

Russian troops surrender to Ukraine’s National Guard near Pokrovsk

Ukrainian defenders captured a group of Russian occupation forces on the Pokrovsk front, the Spartan 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine reported on Feb. 7.

7 February 2025, 05:35 PM

Azov soldiers still largely excluded from POW exchanges

During the latest prisoner exchange on Feb. 5, which saw the return of 150 Ukrainians, no soldiers of the National Guard's 12th Special Purpose Brigade ‘Azov’ were released, according to brigade commander Denys Prokopenko.

5 February 2025, 11:49 PM

Olenivka prison camp massacre deliberately caused by Russian action, reveal prosecutors

The leadership of the Olenivka prison colony, working with Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service, caused additional deaths of injured Ukrainian servicemembers, Dmytro Martsyn, prosecutor of the 18th Department of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office, said on Jan. 28.

28 January 2025, 04:22 PM

Uncertainty surrounds fate of Ukrainian POWs in Il-76 crash – MIHR investigation

The presence of Ukrainian prisoners of war on the Il-76 aircraft that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24, 2024, remains unconfirmed, according to an investigation by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) released on Jan. 24, 2025.

24 January 2025, 06:57 PM

Russian POWs kept in five locations across Ukraine

Russian prisoners-of-war are held in five specially designated facilities located far away from the frontline, Bohdan Okhrimenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Coordination HQ for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, said on Jan. 22.

23 January 2025, 02:13 AM

Captured North Korean soldier in Ukraine requests Korean romance movies – watch the moment!

A North Korean soldier fighting alongside Russian forces asked to watch romance movies after being captured by Ukrainian forces, the command of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces reported on Jan. 21.

22 January 2025, 02:07 PM

POW describes dissent and desertion among Russian troops in Kursk Oblast

Russian soldiers in Kursk Oblast are forced to build dugouts at their own expense, a captured Russian marine, Pavel Smirnov, says in a video published on Jan. 20 by the pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind.

20 January 2025, 02:03 PM

Ukraine’s Special Forces strike back, neutralize Russian squad behind POW executions

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) reported on Jan. 17 that they neutralized part of a Russian group responsible for executing captured members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) and forced the remaining perpetrators to surrender, sharing footage of the captured soldiers.

17 January 2025, 05:48 PM

Ukraine unveils new process for repatriating seriously ill and wounded from Russian captivity

Ukraine has launched a new process to secure the release of seriously ill Ukrainians from Russian captivity, returning 24 prisoners of war and one civilian, according to Andrii Yusov, a Defense Ministry intelligence official on Jan. 15.

16 January 2025, 11:10 AM

Australia vows swift action over Russian captivity of POW Oscar Jenkins

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed to take “the most resolute measures” if Russia harms Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins, who was captured and interrogated by Russian forces last month, CNN reported on Jan. 15.

15 January 2025, 02:21 PM

UN unveils widespread Russian tortures of Ukrainian detainees

Russian torture of Ukrainian prisoners is carried out as part of a coordinated state policy, Pablo de Greiff, Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine representative, said, Ukrainform reported on Jan. 14.

14 January 2025, 07:59 AM

Kyiv to use captured North Korean soldiers to its advantage

The capture of North Korean soldiers by Ukraine’s Defense Forces in Russia’s Kursk Oblast presents a strategic opportunity for Ukraine, Yevhen Yerin, Military Intelligence (HUR) representative told Radio Liberty on Jan. 13.

13 January 2025, 02:15 PM

Horror stories from Russia’s ‘chamber of demons’

Detention Center 2 (SIZO-2) in Taganrog, Russia, which used to hold teenagers and women with children, has been turned into a torture chamber for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW), the independent Russian outlet Mediazona wrote on Jan.9, describing the inhumane conditions of detention, beatings, and torture.

10 January 2025, 12:12 PM

SBU investigates execution of two Ukrainian POWs near Volnovakha

Ukraine’s SBU security service has launched an investigation into the apparent execution of two captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russian troops near Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast, the Prosecutor-General’s Office announced on Jan. 6.

7 January 2025, 01:38 AM

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

Ukrainian authorities charge Russian prison official with torturing POWs

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and the National Police have documented war crimes committed by Aleksey Khavetsky, the deputy chief of Correctional Colony No. 7 in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, the SBU press service reported on Telegram on Jan. 6.

6 January 2025, 07:05 PM

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