Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv

The Independent  

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'Thrown on a bus and sent to hell': Videos show Ukrainian men being hauled off the streets by army recruiters as Zelensky attempts to bolster military ranks
1 month ago

'Thrown on a bus and sent to hell': Videos show Ukrainian men being hauled off the streets by army recruiters as Zelensky attempts to bolster military ranks

Daily Mail  

Ukraine is battling to find new recruits for its army as the 1000th day of war with Russia approaches with a torrent of videos emerging of civilians being brutally beaten and forced into vans by mobs of soldiers. It comes weeks after military recruitment officers launched a spate of raids through restaurants, bars and concert venues in Kyiv, checking military …

U.N. expert says Russian prisoners sent to fight in Ukraine committing crimes when they return
3 months ago

U.N. expert says Russian prisoners sent to fight in Ukraine committing crimes when they return

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the beginning of the active phase of the Ocean-2024 naval drills in the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 10. A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia decried increased violence in the country caused by former prisoners who have their sentences shortened or pardoned to fight in Ukraine and then return …

Russia and Ukraine exchange 103 prisoners each in deal mediated by UAE
3 months, 1 week ago

Russia and Ukraine exchange 103 prisoners each in deal mediated by UAE

Al Jazeera  

It is the second such exchange since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region on August 6. The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Saturday that it swapped 103 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian POWs. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “Our people are home.” The exchange of a total of 206 prisoners was …

Russia jails journalist for eight years over Ukraine war reporting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia jails journalist for eight years over Ukraine war reporting

The Independent  

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Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk

NPR  

Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Gulliver Cragg, of the French television network France 24, about his trip to a facility in Ukraine, where Russian POWs from the Kursk incursion are being held. Ukraine meanwhile says it captured hundreds of Russians during its surprise cross-border attack on Russia's …

Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary
4 months ago

Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. The Russian Defense Ministry said the 115 Russian soldiers had been captured in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia two weeks ago. Drone and artillery attacks continue Five …

Russia and Ukraine swap 115 prisoners each in UAE-mediated exchange
4 months ago

Russia and Ukraine swap 115 prisoners each in UAE-mediated exchange

Al Jazeera  

It is the first such exchange since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region on August 6. “The UAE has successfully mediated a new captives exchange between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine, resulting in the release of 230 captives,” the Gulf country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said …

Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from a Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken there to be shot. Still, Kara-Murza stressed that such prisoner swaps are, in effect, “the saving of people’s lives.” The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison on February …

Who has been freed in Russia-West prisoner deal?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Who has been freed in Russia-West prisoner deal?

Hindustan Times  

Russia and the West have released a total of 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, officials said on Thursday. Chanysheva, 42, who once headed late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's offices in the central Bashkortostan republic, was sentenced to seven and a half years' prison in June 2023 for having created an "extremist organisation", …

Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap

The Independent  

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Russia and Ukraine give up 95 prisoners of war each in their latest exchange
5 months, 1 week ago

Russia and Ukraine give up 95 prisoners of war each in their latest exchange

LA Times  

Just-released Ukrainian prisoners of war hold the flag of Ukraine’s marine corps after a prisoner exchange with Russia on Wednesday. Ukraine and Russia exchanged 95 prisoners of war each, officials in both countries said Wednesday, three weeks after their last swap and as part of what have been occasional agreements to send captured troops home. They were captured in Mariupol, …

Belarusian authorities are forcing political prisoners to publicly repent to be freed, activists say
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Belarusian authorities are forcing political prisoners to publicly repent to be freed, activists say

The Independent  

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Ukraine expands its draft to prisoners to cope with battlefield shortages in its war against Russia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine expands its draft to prisoners to cope with battlefield shortages in its war against Russia

ABC  

At a rural penal colony in south-east Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. Ukraine is expanding its military draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia's full-scale invasion. "It's stupid to sit here doing nothing," Mr Volvach said, adding that …

10 Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return home after Vatican mediation
5 months, 3 weeks ago

10 Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return home after Vatican mediation

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ten Ukrainian civilians held prisoner for years by Russia arrived in Kyiv overnight Saturday after the mediation of the Vatican, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Dzhelyal said many Ukrainians remain in captivity: “We cannot leave them there because the conditions, both psychological and physical, are very frightening there.” The former prisoners, wrapped in blue and yellow flags, …

Russia says exchanged 75 captured servicemen with Ukraine
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia says exchanged 75 captured servicemen with Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia and Ukraine announced on Friday they had exchanged dozens of prisoners of war, in one of the only areas of dialogue between the warring countries. Despite full-scale hostilities, the two sides have carried out more than 50 prisoner exchanges since Russia launched its offensive on Ukraine more than two years ago. "Today we have an important result — 75 …

Russian prisoners get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don’t
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian prisoners get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don’t

The Independent  

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Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don’t. A growing movement wants that to change
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don’t. A growing movement wants that to change

Associated Press  

FAR WESTERN UKRAINE — Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in the camp for prisoners of war. Captured Russian soldiers walk in line to a dining room at the prisoner of war detention center in Ukraine’s Lviv region, Thursday, April …

Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to Russian prisons. Ukraine says they’re being held as bargaining chips
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to Russian prisons. Ukraine says they’re being held as bargaining chips

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — “Dear mom and dad, I am alive and well. “The rule is that it is not a punishment,” Achille Després from the Kyiv branch of the International Committee of the Red Cross told CNN, adding that civilians can only be held if it’s “necessary” for “imperative reasons of security.” The Ukrainian government and several international organizations …

Two Ukrainian stabbed to death by Russian man in Germany, police report
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Ukrainian stabbed to death by Russian man in Germany, police report

The Independent  

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Murder rate among Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine surges
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Murder rate among Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine surges

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Ukraine war: Soldier relives time as a prisoner tortured by Russia in our exclusive event
9 months ago

Ukraine war: Soldier relives time as a prisoner tortured by Russia in our exclusive event

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Escaping Russian capture: An ex-British soldier’s account of fighting for Ukraine detailed in our event
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Escaping Russian capture: An ex-British soldier’s account of fighting for Ukraine detailed in our event

The Independent  

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Russia and Ukraine exchange 100 prisoners each after UAE mediation
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine exchange 100 prisoners each after UAE mediation

Al Jazeera  

President Zelenskyy says a total of 3,135 Ukrainians were freed from Russian captivity and hopes exchanges continue. In announcing the exchange as a “success”, the Gulf nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that it was its third mediation effort between Moscow and Kyiv since December as it called for dialogue and de-escalation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his …

In pictures: Emotional moment Ukrainian prisoners of war arrive home in first swap since downed plane
10 months, 3 weeks ago

In pictures: Emotional moment Ukrainian prisoners of war arrive home in first swap since downed plane

The Independent  

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Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week

The Independent  

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Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war each, the countries said Wednesday, despite tensions stemming from last week’s crash of a military transport plane that Moscow claimed was carrying Ukrainian POWs and was shot down by Kyiv’s forces. After the Jan. 24 crash of the Il-76 plane in Russia’s Belgorod region near the border …

Russia and Ukraine complete first prisoner exchange since plane crash
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine complete first prisoner exchange since plane crash

Al Jazeera  

The crash of a plane carrying prisoners of war had cast doubt on the future of prisoner exchanges. Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war, in the first prisoner swap since the crash last week of a Russian military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrainian soldiers. The two countries have carried out periodic prisoner …

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far

Associated Press  

Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 248 Russian servicemen have been freed under the deal The UAE’s Foreign Ministry attributed the successful swap to the “strong friendly relations between the UAE and both the Russian Federation …

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far

LA Times  

Firefighters extinguish burning cars after Ukrainian forces shelled Belgorod, Russia, on Saturday. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 248 Russian servicemen have been freed under the deal The UAE’s Foreign Ministry attributed the successful swap to the “strong friendly relations between the UAE and both the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine, which were supported by sustained calls at the …

Takeaways from the AP investigation into thousands of Ukrainian civilians held by Russia in prisons
1 year, 5 months ago

Takeaways from the AP investigation into thousands of Ukrainian civilians held by Russia in prisons

Associated Press  

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are detained in a network of formal and informal prisons across Russia and the territories it occupies, where they endure torture, psychological abuse and even slave labor. The AP spoke with dozens of people, including 20 former detainees, along with ex-prisoners of war, the families of more than a dozen civilians in detention, …

Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more

The Independent  

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Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more

Associated Press  

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. A handwritten calendar is seen on the wall of a building in which Ukrainian civilians said they were detained and tortured by Russian forces, in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. …

Ukraine’s Zelensky brings home Azovstal commanders in prisoner swap deal
1 year, 5 months ago

Ukraine’s Zelensky brings home Azovstal commanders in prisoner swap deal

Live Mint  

President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year. The five commanders have been lionised in Ukraine after leading a fierce three-month defence of Mariupol from the Azovstal steel plant last year, the biggest city Russia has …

Russia, Ukraine announce prisoner exchange
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia, Ukraine announce prisoner exchange

India Today  

Russia and Ukraine announced a prisoner of war exchange on Thursday involving the return of 45 soldiers from each side. Russia's defence ministry said that 45 Russian servicemen had been returned from Ukrainian custody, the Russian news agency RIA reported. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Yermak said some of those freed had fought in Mariupol and the …

Pro-Ukraine Russian fighters claim captives, offer trade for meeting with governor
1 year, 6 months ago

Pro-Ukraine Russian fighters claim captives, offer trade for meeting with governor

The Hindu  

A group of pro-Ukraine Russian fighters involved in recent incursions into Russia's border region of Belgorod said on Sunday they had taken two Russian soldiers captive and offered to exchange them for a meeting with the regional Governor. The Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps have reported fighting battles in the region in recent days as Kyiv …

Ukraine and Russia each send home about 100 troops in prisoner swap
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine and Russia each send home about 100 troops in prisoner swap

LA Times  

A scene of devastation Sunday in Bakhmut, Ukraine, the site of heavy battles in the Donetsk region. More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swap, the warring countries said Monday. Russia’s Defense Ministry said 106 Russian soldiers were released from Ukrainian custody as part of an agreement with Ukraine. Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

Kidnapped Ukrainian children held for months in brutal camps are freed
1 year, 9 months ago

Kidnapped Ukrainian children held for months in brutal camps are freed

Daily Mail  

A group of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities and held in Kremlin-backed camps for months have been freed and returned home to emotional reunions. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11897141/Freed-Ukrainian-children-kidnapped-Russia-tell-year-long-ordeal.html?ito=msngallery Yesterday's release was praised by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen who announced she would help organize a conference on securing the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during …

Freed Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia tell of their year-long ordeal
1 year, 9 months ago

Freed Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia tell of their year-long ordeal

Daily Mail  

A group of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities and held in Kremlin-backed camps for months have been freed and returned home to emotional reunions. The International Criminal Court last week issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children's commissioner, accusing them of war crimes over the forced deportations of 16,000 Ukrainian children. Yesterday's release was …

UN decries torture, killing of Ukrainian and Russian POWs
1 year, 9 months ago

UN decries torture, killing of Ukrainian and Russian POWs

Al Jazeera  

UN human rights monitors have documented dozens of summary killings of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war as well as torture, the use of human shields and other abuses since Russia invaded its neighbour, according to a report that says such actions could amount to war crimes. “We are deeply concerned about the summary execution of up to 25 Russian …

Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as battle for Bakhmut rages
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as battle for Bakhmut rages

Al Jazeera  

Russia says 63 Russian soldiers were released while Ukrainian authorities say 116 of their servicemen have been freed, amid continued fighting in the east. Ukraine has released dozens of Russian soldiers as part of a negotiation brokered by the United Arab Emirates, Russia’s defence ministry has said, the same day 116 Ukrainian servicemen were also freed as fighting rages in …

In Russian-run jails, Ukrainian civilians vanish and languish
1 year, 11 months ago

In Russian-run jails, Ukrainian civilians vanish and languish

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 17, 2023 15:50 IST Alina Kapatsyna often dreams about getting a phone call from her mother. She also said the staff told her: “Be happy we’re not beating you.” Donetsk authorities labeled Hannych a POW and recently told the family she is imprisoned in the occupied city of Mariupol. Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s human rights envoy, put the …

Russia, Ukraine exchange 50 soldiers each in prisoner swap
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia, Ukraine exchange 50 soldiers each in prisoner swap

Firstpost  

Kyiv: Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange on Sunday with a total of 100 soldiers returning to their home countries, CNN reported citing authorities from both nations. In a statement, Yermak said that Ukraine returned the people who were captured in Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Mariupol, Kherson, Kyiv, and other regions, according to CNN. “We returned the people who …

‘We will find you:' Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists
2 years ago

‘We will find you:' Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and began to dig. This story is part of an AP/FRONTLINE investigation that includes the War Crimes Watch Ukraine tracker and the documentary “Putin’s Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes,” on …

Kyiv says 64 Ukrainians, U.S. citizen released in prisoner swap with Russia
2 years ago

Kyiv says 64 Ukrainians, U.S. citizen released in prisoner swap with Russia

The Hindu  

Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a U.S. citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces. "Sixty-four soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who fought in Donetsk and Lugansk — in particular participated in the defence of the city of Bakhmut — are going home," the …

Russian prison population falls dramatically as convicts are sent to fight in Ukraine
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian prison population falls dramatically as convicts are sent to fight in Ukraine

The Telegraph  

The Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group may have recruited as many as 23,000 convicts and sent them to fight in Ukraine to shore up Russia’s faltering invasion. The analysis by Mediazona, a Russian news website operating in exile, showed a sudden 6.5 per cent drop in the male population of Russian prisons now compared with August, when Wagner started recruiting convicts. …

'I thought I was going to die': Abuses widespread in Ukraine
2 years, 1 month ago

'I thought I was going to die': Abuses widespread in Ukraine

The Independent  

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Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners, including 108 Ukrainian women
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners, including 108 Ukrainian women

Al Jazeera  

The 110 Russians freed include 72 seamen from commercial vessels held since February while 108 Ukrainian female prisoners of war are released. Moscow and Kyiv have carried out one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far, exchanging a total of 218 detainees, including 108 Ukrainian women, officials from both countries say. Russia’s defence ministry confirmed the swap, …

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians who disappeared from occupied areas may be imprisoned in Russia
2 years, 2 months ago

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians who disappeared from occupied areas may be imprisoned in Russia

LA Times  

When Olga Shcherba learned that her husband might be in Russian captivity, she was relieved. Hundreds and perhaps thousands of Ukrainian civilians who disappeared in Russian-occupied areas are imprisoned in Russia, human rights groups say. Rights organizations and Ukrainian officials say the Russian tactic of forcibly “disappearing” Ukrainians in occupied areas also serves a cynical military end: terrorizing and demoralizing …

Ukraine parents ‘want their children back’ from Russia
2 years, 2 months ago

Ukraine parents ‘want their children back’ from Russia

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv has accused Moscow of forcibly deporting 1.6 million Ukrainians with efforts under way to return 32 illegally adopted kids who were found. Ukraine is working to bring back 32 illegally adopted children from Russia it said were forcibly removed from their parents and who “want them back”. “We know the identities of the kidnapped children and will demand that …

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