Russia holds captive over 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers
Currently, Russia incarcerates 3,392 Ukrainian prisoners of war, Olena Verbytska, President's Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights…
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As newly mobilized arrive in Ukraine, more Russians want to find out how to surrender
The editors of Vyorstka say that between November 28 and December 4, the most recent week for which…
50 Ukrainian POWs return home from Russian captivity
50 Ukrainian defenders have come back home from the Russian captivity in Russo-Ukrainian POW swap on 1 December,…
12 more Ukrainian POWs are returning home
12 more Ukrainian prisoners of war are returning home in yet another prisoner swap, head of presidential office…
Ukraine returns home 50 more POWs
50 more POWs returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange on 24 November, including two officers,…
UN examines video with possible execution of Russian prisoners of war
The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the Ukrainian military of executing Russian soldiers who surrendered. The accusation was…
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,…
“Russians feared us, frightened women, because they couldn’t break us”: Ukrainian women on Russian prison
On 17 October 2022, Lyudmila Huseynova and Anna Olsen were swapped together with 108 women as part of…
Wagner POW who surrendered to Ukraine executed by his own with sledgehammer
Russian Telegram channels have published a video allegedly showing a mercenary of the Wagner private military company (PMC)…
Only chance to survive for Russian military in Kherson is to surrender – Defence Intelligence of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine calls on the Russian military personnel who remained in…
107 Ukrainian soldiers liberated from Russian captivity – President’s Office
On Nov. 3, 107 Ukrainian soldiers were liberated from Russian captivity, including 74 defending Azovstal, Head of the…
Ukraine returns 10 more soldiers, body of dead US volunteer in POW exchange
Ukraine has brought home 10 Ukrainian POWs and recovered the body of a dead American volunteer, Andrii Yermak,…
8-months Ukrainian pregnant medic held captive by Russians
Medic Mariana Mamonova saved the lives of Ukrainian defenders of Azovstal, the fortress from which they fought off…
Russia has no credibility. So stop reporting what it claims in Olenivka
ft “Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of purported strike on prison.” “Russia and Ukraine trade blame over…
Stories too horrifying to disclose. Over 80 Ukrainian medics tortured in Russian captivity
In addition to the Defenders of Azovstal, Russian forces captured the entire staff of the 555th Military Hospital…
No, Ukraine’s videos of Russian POWs do not contravene the Geneva Convention
On March 16, Human Rights Watch issued a statement urging Ukrainian authorities to stop posting videos of detained…
Ukrainian women POWs stand proud with shaven heads after prisoner swap with Russia
On 1 April 2022, officials from Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner exchange under an agreement reached by…
Ukraine wrote a Geneva-compliant “surrendering guide” for Russian and Belarusian invaders
Even in the extreme conditions of an all-out war, Ukrainian civil society continues to innovate to find better…
Ukraine will release Russian POWs to their mothers if they come get them personally
As Russia continues to hush up the scale of the losses it suffers since its full-scale invasion of…
“Our men are rotting alive!”- say wives of Ukrainian POWs held in “DNR/LNR”
Radio Donbas. Realii and the Centre for Civil Liberties have teamed up to work on the “Unforgotten” series,…