WebFebruary 25, 2023 14:25 GMT. Ukrainian investigators have so far also failed to produce evidence of any war crimes they may have committed. https://t.co/HO6VltRiSM https://t.co/6AAGbqaFXU. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis. Russian POWs, held by Ukraine, told interviewers of summary executions and several cases of torture and ill-treatment, mostly when they were captured, first interrogated, or moved to transit camps and places of internment. Ukrainian prisoners described so-called "admission procedures" which involved prolonged beatings, strangling, attacks by dogs, mock executions, sexual violence and use of stress positions. Audio interview adapted to NPR.org by: Bridget Bentz and Molly Seavy-Nesper. An additional 150,000 are in training camps, officials said, meaning there is the potential for half a million soldiers to join the offensive. If you try to run away, we'll shoot you. [105][106], The number of civilian and military deaths is impossible to determine with precision given the fog of war. KYIV Ukraine and Russia traded almost 200 prisoners of war (POWs) in a swop announced separately by both sides on Saturday, with the bodies of A prisoner from Russia, whose leg had been amputated, in the infirmary where he was receiving treatment. Among Prigozhin's many business ventures was a catering service that handled high-profile occasions for the Russian president. The deaths of the Russian soldiers have not been confirmed by their government and have possibly been included in the toll of dead rebel fighters. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images We see them crawl for a kilometer or more, toward Ukrainian trenches, then open fire at close range and try to capture positions, Col. Roman Kostenko, the chairman of the defense and intelligence committee in Ukraines Parliament, said in an interview. During interviews with him and two other POWs, a guard, a psychologist from the pre-trial detention center, and other prisoners were present. This is not the first time Russia has been accused of recruiting sick and injured people for its war in Ukraine. His unit tried to return to Russia, but the commander forbade it. Ukrainian prisoners A soldier can then be heard shouting Glory to Ukraine. [90][91][92], According to BBC News Russian and the Mediazona news website, out of 15,136 Russian soldiers and contractors whose deaths they had documented by 24 February 2023, 11.6 percent (1,754) were officers, while 13.2 percent (1,996) were Motorized Rifle Troops and 10.3 percent (1,552) were members of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV). In another cell, there are three young men in their 20s. Look, hes still alive. There are currently around 1,000 Russian soldiers in the country. WebUkraine and Russia traded almost 200 prisoners of war in a swap announced separately by both sides on Saturday, with the bodies of two British volunteers also being sent back to It was the first verdict in a trial of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine. 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Prisoners said they were denied access to natural light or fresh air, and were kept in a single cell with up to 30 other people. "[93] Thus, the BBC stated that the actual death toll could be over 29,500 "according to the most conservative estimate", counting only Russian servicemen and contractors (i.e. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, around 3,000 hryvnia (the equivalent of 95) are needed each month for a prisoner of war to provide for food, clothing, hygiene items, as well as water and electricity. In the interview, he admitted to dealing marijuana and meth, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020. Several POWs released from various places of detention described being forced to consume their food in a harmful or humiliating manner. The exchange of prisoners is the biggest between Moscow and Kyiv since the start of Russia's invasion in February. [368][369][370] Among the released Ukrainian soldiers was one of 13 Ukrainian border-guard members captured during the Russian attack on Snake Island. All of these people said, "We wouldn't trust a normal Russian official, but this guy had something about him that made us think he was one of us." ", One prisoner told investigators he was captured and detained in a Russian penal colony near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin is placing children displaced from Ukraine with families Lunch is distributed to the Russians by a Ukrainian prisoner under the supervision of a guard. 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"It's so dystopian that it's really hard to believe. [52] At the end of December 2019, a new prisoner exchange took place, with Ukraine releasing 124 separatist fighters and their supporters, while 76 prisoners, including 12 soldiers, were returned to Ukraine by the rebels. [81][82] Analysts warned about accepting the Ukrainian claims as fact, as Western countries were emphasizing the Russian military's toll, while Russian news outlets have largely stopped reporting on the Russian death toll. In September, the independent Russian news site The Insider also reported that a 63-year-old man from the Volgograd region was drafted into the Russian army despite suffering from second-degree diabetes and cerebral ischemia, a condition where there is not enough blood flow to the brain. Their number is constantly changing due to regular exchanges. Got a confidential news tip? Artyomcalls the Russian army "looters and murderers" when speaking with DW. [141] An American citizen was also detained by pro-Russian separatists forces and accused of 'participation in pro-Ukrainian protests'. Captives Surface in Russian Propaganda Videos", "A retired Marine went missing in Ukraine. He's a big guy. The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The living soldiers in the video are wearing the Ukrainian colours of blue and yellow on their arms, while the men on the floor wear white armbands, the colour of Russian troops. "[Prigozhin] spent his whole 20s pretty much in jail. If possible, we get it. "My cousin is fighting in a neighboring unit, and there were prisoners from Wagner already diagnosed with AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis, but I know they still received medical care," he said. They're really used as cannon fodder. Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy The sequential assaults on Ukrainian lines by small units of former Russian prisoners have become a signature Russian tactic in the effort to capture Bakhmut. For breakfast, there was corn porridge with meat, the prisoners say. [11][12], According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1,175 of the Ukrainian servicemen died due to non-combat causes by 5 March 2021. He was captured on his first human wave assault. It was a very strong animal tranquilizer that had been injected into his leg. excluding DPR/LPR militia). In the early phases of thewar, the Russian Army had copious armored vehicles, artillery and other heavy weaponry but relatively few soldiers on the battlefield. "But you go to the front, you put in your service after six months, you're free to go.". [67] According to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, in 2020 Ukraine was of one of the most mine-affected countries in the world, with nearly 1,200 mine/ERW casualties since the beginning of the conflict in 2014. Hes gasping, a man in the video can be heard saying in Russian a language widely spoken in Ukraine. But after his one experience in an assault, he changed his mind. The initiative, called Ishchi Svoikh (Russian: , lit. On the night of Jan. 1, they were commanded to advance 500 yards along the tree line, then dig in and wait for a subsequent wave to arrive. But yet it has happened. [379] On 22 April, Yuri Sirovatko, Minister of Justice of the Donetsk People's Republic, claimed that some 3,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war were held in the territory of the DPR. But exactly how many remains a mystery", "Ukraine: Civilian casualties as of 24.00 15 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK] Ukraine", "Chernivtsi Region Is The Only One Where Russian Missiles Did Not Hit Internal Affairs Ministry", "1,384 children killed and injured in Ukraine due to Russian aggression", "Ukraine children: Killed as he escaped, Elisei is one of 200 child victims", "109 empty strollers sit in a Lviv square, representing children killed in the war", Monday, October 3. One year has passed since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. Laundry hung in a courtyard at the camp. [16] Two Kyrgyz and one Georgian have also been killed fighting on the separatist side. BBC investigators attempted to biometrically match the face of one of the men in the video, who can be seen facing the camera with a distinctive beard. DW was able to get exclusive access and speak with prisoners in one facility. Now, the tables have turned: Russia has deployed about 320,000 soldiers in Ukraine, according to Ukraines military intelligence agency. According to the guards, plastic cutlery is normally used inprison for safety reasons. One of them is Dmitry. And for those who have not fancied it and have decided that they want to either defect or don't want to advance, we've had numerous credible reports that there's been executions of their own people as kind of punishment for disobeying orders and to keep everybody else in line and forcing them to to sort of surge forward in these pretty grim, almost suicidal movements forward. 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