Seriously wounded Ukrainian POWs return home from Russian captivity filled with torture
The exchange on 4 July included soldiers captured during Mariupol siege in 2022 who spent over three years in Russian custody.
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He endured what most wouldn’t survive: Ukraine returns its 60-year old warrior from Russian captivity
He spent years in a Russian cell and still made it back.
Zelenskyy: “303 defenders are home” after final stage of 1000-for-1000 prisoner exchange
Soldiers from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and more are now receiving medical aid and support. Among the freed are National Guard members, border guards, and Mariupol defenders.
Ukrainian POW lost 40 kg in Russian captivity proving Russia’s human rights violations
Ivan Petrovsky defended Mariupol in the early months of Russia's full-scale invasion and was captured in May 2022.
“One cup of water per day for 8 people”: Deaths of Ukrainian POWs in Russian captivity rise, human rights group says
The Ukrainian Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) verified 22 deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and emphasised that the defenders of Mariupol are treated with extreme cruelty, with approximately 1,300 servicemen from the 36th Separate Marine Brigade still being held in Russian captivity.
“I’m a soldier” — Azov Commander, colonel Redis, met with his brigade for the first time after Russian captivity and outlined plans
Ukrainian Colonel Denis Prokopenko (callsign Redis), commander of the Azov brigade, met with his troops on 15 July…
Ukrainian Mariupol commanders returned to Ukraine from Turkey after internment
According to the terms of the POWs exchange, they had to be held on the territory of the…
Ukraine charges suspected traitor for deceiving Mariupol marines into surrender
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) served a notice of suspicion of high treason to the logistics chief…
Ukraine returns 45 POWs from Russian captivity
Today, 45 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity in the latest Russo-Ukrainian POW swap, the Head of the…
Azovstal defender Mykhailo Dianov donates all crowdfunded money to Ukrainian kids
Mykhailo Dianov, a Ukrainian soldier who defended the south-eastern port city of Mariupol during the 82-day-long Russian siege,…
215 Ukrainian POWs freed from Russian captivity, including Azovstal defenders
The largest part of the exchange took place in Chernihiv Oblast in the late hours of 21 September.…