A few days ago, Ukraine released the names of more than [98], With respect to Russian military losses, Ukrainian estimates tended to be high, while Russian estimates of their own losses tended to be low. WebThese are the voices of Russian prisoners of war now held by Ukraine. Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysozka told DW that the expenses are justified because the detention conditions for prisoners of war have to comply with the Geneva Convention.In addition, Russian prisoners need to be healthy and in good shape for exchangeswith Ukrainians captured by the Russians, she said. Walker reports that Prigozhin has become a wealthy man and an increasingly visible political actor within Russia, clashing publicly with Russian military leaders. Talking to Ukrainians who have been on the other side of the lines and kind of watched the Wagner troops approach them, they've said the same thing: that it's really strength in numbers. At the end of January, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that presidential decrees pardoning prisoners recruited to fight in the war against Ukraine were classified. https://t.co/HO6VltRiSM https://t.co/6AAGbqaFXU. WebPOWs or prisoners of war are people who are held captive by the other side in the conflict against the backdrop of wartime animosity. 24 ", " , ", "Muere un espaol que combata en la guerra de Ucrania y que se alist para luchar contra Rusia", "S. 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Lunch is distributed to the Russians by a Ukrainian prisoner under the supervision of a guard. Russia is recruiting young Palestinians and Syrians for the war against Ukraine. ANKARA Over 2,000 prisoners have been exchanged between Russia and Ukraine since the start of the war on Feb. 24 last year, according to figures compiled by Anadolu. In most cases, Ukrainian prisoners were released without having received adequate medical care. The exchange of prisoners is the biggest between Moscow and Kyiv since the start of Russia's invasion in February. 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[373], On 8 March, a Ukrainian defense reporter with The Kyiv Independent announced that the Ukrainian government was working towards having Russian POWs help revive Ukraine's economy in full compliance with international law. Guards used it to immobilize their victims and start torturing them.". ", "Court Bans Publication Of Information On Russian Military Death Toll In Ukraine", "In Russia, the death of soldiers is now a state secret", "Civilians are dying in Ukraine. They all said, You could see that he was a former [inmate], the way he talked, the way he kind of gave his word that if they fought for him, he would give them their freedom. The organization will also document the location of the body and how the individual died. Me and my colleague, when we were researching this article, we managed to get hold of a few prisoners who are still in prison and speak with them either by text message or in other ways, and ask them how they saw this guy, why people agreed to go, why, in that case, they didn't agree to go. All Rights Reserved. A prisoner from Russia, whose leg had been amputated, in the infirmary where he was receiving treatment. A few metres away from the bodies is a BMD-2 infantry fighting vehicle which is used by the Russian airborne unit. [268] In some locations villagers kept track of the deceased, such as in Yahidne, a village north of Kyiv, where they used a school basement wall to write the names of the deceased while under Russian control. [103] According to BBC News, Ukrainian claims of Russian fatalities were including the injured as well. [7] On 10 August 2016, Russia accused the Special Forces of Ukraine of conducting a raid near the Crimean town of Armiansk which killed two Russian servicemen. Discovery Company. The New York Times estimated that about 40,000 inmates have joined the Russian forces roughly 10% of the country's prison population. We are prisoners, even if former prisoners, he said. A soldier then shoots him in the head twice. The New York Times said it had verified the video and the BBC said it had confirmed the location north of the town of Dmytrivka and found satellite images showing bodies on the ground. CSIS estimated Russia suffered an average of roughly 5,000 to 5,800 military fatalities per month over the first year of the war. 2023 Cable News Network. For breakfast, there was corn porridge with meat, the prisoners say. He said that during one interrogation session, Russians "attached wires to my genitalia and nose and shocked me.". Its effective. 345 unidentified bodies, of mostly soldiers, were also confirmed to be held at morgues in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast or buried. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, around 3,000 hryvnia (the equivalent of 95) are needed each month for a prisoner of war to provide for food, clothing, hygiene items, as well as water and electricity. A Russian private military company is sending prisoners suffering from AIDS or other serious illnesses to the war in Ukraine, according to the accounts of a Ukrainian soldier. If you don't give your everything, we will shoot you," Walker says. 2. Russia has already sent approximately 300 persons to the combat zone, as reported by The Media Line (TML) and the Telegram channel of Radio Liberty. This includes about 6,500 pro-Russian separatist forces, 4,400 Ukrainian forces, and 3,404 civilians. LVIV, Ukraine Creeping forward along a tree line late at night toward an entrenched Ukrainian position, the Russian soldier watched in horror as his comrades were mowed down by enemy fire. The fighting is incredibly intense. We were also only allowed to talk to prisoners who were not charged with war crimes and who faced no other criminal charges: Interviewing such individuals would require additional authorization from the investigators or prosecutor. [110] Most victims among children were from the Donetsk region. The videos were broadcast separately on Rossiya 24 TV channel, causing MP Robert Jenrick, to call the videos a "flagrant breach" of the Geneva Convention. WebDozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday. 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