POWs

Russian troops execute 16 Ukrainian POWs

Russian troops have executed 16 Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered near Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General's Office reported on Oct. 1.

1 October 2024, 09:47 PM

Intelligence units capture 20 Russian soldiers, kill dozens in Vovchansk Aggregate Plant liberation

Ukrainian forces from the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) have liberated the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant in Kharkiv Oblast, capturing nearly 20 Russian soldiers and killing several dozen more, according to a HUR officer with the call sign Viking.

25 September 2024, 03:50 PM

UN finds new evidence of Russia torturing Ukrainian POWs

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has uncovered new evidence of systematic torture by Russian authorities against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war in occupied territories and Russia.

23 September 2024, 10:21 PM

Ombudsman condemns possible execution of unarmed Ukrainian POW by sword

Ukraine has sent letters to international organizations—the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross—documenting another human rights violation by Russia. This concerns a new case of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.

17 September 2024, 10:49 AM

After over two years in captivity: 23 Azov soldiers return from Russia

Ukraine successfully brought back 23 Azov soldiers from Russian captivity as part of a new prisoner exchange on Sept. 14, according to Olena Tolkachova, head of the Azov Brigade’s patronage service.

14 September 2024, 06:03 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia has committed 137,000 war crimes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia has committed 137,000 known war crimes.

11 September 2024, 04:00 PM

Kyiv imposes phone ban on Russian prisoners of war in response to mistreatment of Ukrainian POWs

Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine are no longer allowed to make phone calls to their families, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, announced on national telethon on Sept. 8.

8 September 2024, 06:30 PM

Ukraine probes 28 cases of Russian troops executing POWs

Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General is investigating at least 28 incidents, since the Russian invasion began, in which Russian soldiers executed Ukrainian servicemen who had just been taken as unarmed prisoners of war. These incidents have resulted in the deaths of at least 62 Ukrainian soldiers.

6 September 2024, 02:35 PM

Protesters gather at Red Cross office in Kyiv, demanding information on POWs

Families of Ukrainian prisoners of war protested outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Kyiv on Aug. 29, chanting "Shame," Olha Reshetylova, coordinator of the Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on Facebook.

29 August 2024, 09:02 PM

Putin faces serious dilemma regarding future mobilization in Russia, UA military expert says

There are a few reasons why Putin still has not announced mobilization in Russia, even amid horrifying losses of 30k+ soldiers in month, Ukrainian military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko wrote on Facebook on Aug. 16.

16 August 2024, 12:07 PM

Ukrainian military shares footage of Kursk Oblast operation's first hours

The first hours of the Kursk Oblast operation on Aug. 6 were captured on video and posted on Facebook by the Airborne Assault Forces Command on Aug. 15.

16 August 2024, 10:02 AM

Ukraine to prioritize Mariupol defenders in POW exchanges

In future POW exchanges with Russia, Ukraine will prioritize returning citizens who defended Mariupol in early 2022, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov said on Aug. 15.

16 August 2024, 12:04 AM

Lubinets, Moskalkova discuss Kursk POW swaps

After hundreds of Russian soldiers surrendered in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and his Russian counterpart, Tatyana Moskalkova, discussed future POW exchanges, Lubinets announced on Aug. 14.

14 August 2024, 08:49 PM

Ukrainian officer highlights key advantage of Kursk Oblast raid

One of the key advantages of the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk Oblast is the replenishment of the prisoner exchange fund with captured Russian soldiers and officers, Major Maksym Zhorin said on Telegram on Aug. 12.

12 August 2024, 03:35 PM

Russian soldiers surrender en masse in Kursk Oblast - new video

While Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov vows to "defeat" the Ukrainian Army and the Kremlin political clown Dmitry Medvedev still threatens to "capture Kyiv," dozens of Russian soldiers in Kursk are reportedly surrendering to Ukraine.

8 August 2024, 03:12 PM

Nearly all Ukrainian POWs tortured in Russian captivity

Over 95% of Ukrainian soldiers held in Russian captivity have been subjected to torture, the head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Danielle Bell, told Dutch TV channel Nederlandse Omroep Stichting on Aug. 2.

7 August 2024, 06:59 PM

Autopsy finds Ukrainian POW killed by blunt force trauma in Russian jail

Ukrainian prisoner of war Oleksandr Ishchenko, who served as a driver in the Azov Regiment, died in a detention center in Rostov-on-Don due to “a closed blunt chest injury caused by contact with a blunt object,” according to autopsy results shared by Svyatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. The autopsy details were published on Facebook on Aug. 7.

7 August 2024, 03:51 PM

Lithuania addresses Russian opposition’s claims of ‘unfair’ sanctions

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis commented on the calls of the released Russian opposition activists to ease sanctions against “ordinary Russians” on X on Aug. 4.

5 August 2024, 11:28 AM

Russian dictator Putin promises 'state awards' to released Russian spies

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin promised to award state honors to spies and murderers returned to Russia as a result of a large-scale Russia-West prisoners exchange, TASS propaganda agency reported on Aug. 1.

2 August 2024, 11:22 AM

Ukrainian Azov POW dies in Russian detention facility

Oleksandr Ishchenko, a 55-year-old Ukrainian prisoner of war who served as a driver in the Azov regiment, has died in a detention facility in Rostov-on-Don, the Russian outlet Mediazona reported on Telegram on July 31.

31 July 2024, 03:51 PM

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