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Allegations of war crimes: Ukrainian POWs executed by Russian forces, claims Prosecutor
Russian forces are accused of executing 93 Ukrainian soldiers who reportedly surrendered on the battlefield this year. This grave allegation was brought to light by Yuriy Belousov, head of the Department for Combating Crimes in Conditions of Armed Conflict under the Prosecutor General's Office, during a televised interview.
Belousov disclosed that 80% of these executions occurred in the current year, with this disturbing trend noted since November 2023. There is ongoing scrutiny involving 16 …
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The hidden costs: Ukraine's financial burden of sustaining Russian POWs amidst rising prisoner counts
The military operation by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) in the Kursk region has significantly expanded the exchange pool. However, some Russian captives have been held in Ukraine since the onset of the broader conflict.
The number of captured Russian soldiers keeps rising as the full-scale conflict drags on. The commencement of the AFU’s operation in the Kursk region has opened new avenues for increasing the exchange pool. According to the "I Want to Live" project, on September 27, there …
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Ukraine revokes phone call privileges for Russian POWs, allows only written communication
Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine are no longer allowed to make phone calls home, though they can still write letters, said Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets during a national news broadcast.
Lubinets pointed out that Ukraine currently hosts four special camps for captured Russian soldiers, ensuring conditions compliant with the Geneva Conventions.
Lubinets stated, “We understand that, fortunately or unfortunately, we cannot behave like the Russians. To be frank, we have …
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Ukrainian Intelligence : Thousands of Russian soldiers seek surrender to Ukraine
More than 25,000 Russian citizens, predominantly soldiers, have reached out to the Ukrainian initiative "I want to live" in its first year of existence, said the spokesperson of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (GUR), Andriy Yusov.
According to Yusov, the government initiative "I want to live", created by the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs), has received nearly 25,000 applications from Russians in almost a year. These …
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Savchenko's lawyer: The number of Russian servicemen held in Ukraine is more than reported
Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyer Ilya Novikov stated in an interview with the 5th Channel that there are other Russian servicemen, in addition to Evgeny Yerofeev and Alexander Alexandrov, who were detained by the Ukrainian side during hostilities in the Donbas. However, this information wasn't disclosed by the Ukrainian authorities.
According to Novikov, it would be better for Ukraine to reveal this information to the public because it would increase pressure on the President of Russia, Vladimir …