Ukrainians forced to fight Ukrainians in conditions that drive them to suicide: POW describes being used as cannon fodder, abandoned to die
Ukraine's hidden tragedy: Occupied citizens conscripted to fight their own country.
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From restaurant to trench: Iraqi “contract soldier” describes hell of Russian forces
Khalaf said he was detained in Russia for lacking a work permit and offered a brutal choice.
Reuters: UN warns Russia of responsibility for sexual violence against prisoners of war
Russian forces subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war to electrocution of genitals and prolonged nudity across 72 detention facilities, prompting UN warnings of potential blacklisting
Russia sentences Mariupol defender for 21 years as Russian court labels him terrorist
Russian prosecutors secured a 21-year sentence against Vladislav Shpak by classifying his enlistment in Ukraine's National Guard as terrorist activity, after the soldier was captured defending Mariupol's Azovstal plant.
Russia sentences Ukrainian prisoners of war to 13-23 years in prison over Azov case
A military court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced 23 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 12 of them were directly sentenced to strict regime colony after a trial in southern Russia.
Ukrainian POWs endure brutal isolation and abuse, Amnesty International reports
A new Amnesty International report reveals Russia's systematic torture and enforced disappearance of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
WSJ: Russian prison system designed special forces to torture program for Ukrainians
Major General Igor Potapenko instructed Russian prison special forces to "be cruel" to Ukrainian prisoners in March 2022, former officials told The Wall Street Journal.
HUR: Kyiv frees 1,358 Ukrainians from Russian captivity in 2024
Ukraine's intelligence service reports unprecedented success in prisoner exchanges with Russia, securing the release of 356 more captives than in 2023 while expanding support programs for returned citizens.
Ukrainian intel: Russian forces executed five captured Ukrainian soldiers near Vuhledar
Ukrainian officials note that the number of executions of Ukrainian POWs is increasing in the last few months of 2024.
Ukraine captures sole survivor of Russian assault – an Egyptian IT student
Ukrainian forces in Donetsk Oblast capture an Egyptian IT student who, after receiving a Russian passport, Russia conscripted and deployed to the front.