SUMY REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months, officials said. The Ukrainian POWs, including four civilians, were returned on several buses that drove into the northern Sumy region. As they disembarked, they shouted joyfully […]
FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) — Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in the camp for prisoners of war. But Ukraine allows Alexander to call home to his family in Kursk, a Russian city about 60 […]
GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts said Friday they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said human rights violations have been widespread since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. High on the agenda is Zelenky’s 10-point peace plan, based on a complete Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, reparations and punishment of war criminals, as well as the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war and their return under […]
Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and met the kingdom’s powerful crown prince to push for a peace plan and the return of prisoners of war from Russia. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sought to position himself as a potential mediator to end the war between Ukraine and Russia […]
Russian troops killed at least seven Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered as prisoners of war (POW) near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 24, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported. “In the video footage that we managed to obtain, it is evident that Ukrainian soldiers were surrendering as prisoners of war: Their hands were raised in the […]
Key developments on Feb. 20: Ombudsman asks UN, Red Cross to investigate execution of Ukrainian POWs in Avdiivka Sweden unveils its largest defense aid package for Ukraine worth $682 million Death toll of Russian attack on Sumy Oblast rises to 5 German media: Germany plans to send long-range missile systems, Taurus missiles not mentioned Kyiv […]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and prosecutors will investigate the shooting of Ukrainian prisoners of war carried out by the Russians near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Source: Prosecutor General’s Office Details: On 20 February, a video recording depicting the execution of three Ukrainian defenders, held captive by Russian military personnel, was posted on the […]
Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Feb. 20 he appealed to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to investigate the killings of Ukrainian prisoners of war at the Zenit strongpoint in Avdiivka. Ukrainian forces withdrew from Avdiivka just north of Russian-occupied Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Feb. 17 after […]
Russian occupation forces shot two Ukrainian prisoners of war near the village of Vesele in Donetsk Oblast on Sunday, 18 February. Source: Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Illia Yevlash, spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces, in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda Quote from the Ground Forces: “This morning, the […]
Another 100 prisoners of war (POWs) have returned to Ukraine in an exchange with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Feb. 8. “Another 100 Ukrainians have returned home, to Ukraine,” said Zelenskyy. “[Among them are] National Guard [troops], border guards, the Armed Forces. Most of them – defenders of Mariupol.” Ukraine’s POW Affairs Coordination […]
A Ukrainian intelligence official said that the country has repeatedly asked Russia to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war who Moscow claimed were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Ukrainian forces. Andrii Yusov, the spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence, said in televised remarks late on Thursday […]