The Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said he had not seen the video, but stated: I will say that every report on potential violations of international law should be followed or looked into, and of course, any violation of international law and any war crime is always unacceptable.. Ukraine's Defense Ministry also said Russian medics are routinely refusing to give medical aid to soldiers suffering from HIV or hepatitis. And they all said to us, "We could see from this guy that he was one of us. 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. Out of the 1,185 civilians and militants killed in the Luhansk region by 15 February 2015. It's clear that this is not a polished guy. But a pardon for eight years is valuable.. She also said that accountability is key to deterring and preventing further violations, adding that the parties to the conflict have clear legal obligations to investigate and prosecute all allegations of violations of international humanitarian law in relation to the treatment of prisoners of war within their control. Then, he says, he was sent in the direction of Zaporizhzhya, but his battle tank was destroyed and he himself was captured by the Ukrainian Azov regiment. WebDenis Pushilin, the Moscow-backed head of the part of Ukraine's Donetsk region that is under Russian control, said earlier that a prisoner swap with Kyiv was taking place, Among Prigozhin's many business ventures was a catering service that handled high-profile occasions for the Russian president. [378], By 21 April, Russia claimed that 1,478 Ukrainian troops had been captured during the course of the siege of Mariupol. The former convicts, Colonel Kostenko said, are herded into the battlefield by harsh discipline: They have orders, and they cannot disobey orders, especially in Wagner.. [10] This number includes non-combat military deaths, as well as deaths from mines and unexploded ordnance. "I believed the news on television that we were going to travel to Ukraine to help, that there were nationalists here who would kill and torture their own people," he says. By luck, the bullets missed him, he said. But yet it has happened. The food is balanced," says Roman. 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. They're really used as cannon fodder. The vast majority of Ukrainian prisoners who were interviewed said that during their internment they were tortured and ill-treated. 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. The same sense of beaten subjugation persists at the front, Sergei said, enabling commanders to send soldiers forward on hopeless, human wave attacks. Female prisoners told investigators they were subjected to invasive examinations during admission procedures in the presence of male guards. [262], Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations, announced on 27 February 2022, that the country had reached out to the International Committee of the Red Cross for help in the repatriation effort of the bodies of killed Russian soldiers. Mediazona count, updated", "WAR IN UKRAINE. Women POWs told interviewers that they were not subjected to physical violence but described being psychologically tormented by the screams of male POWs being tortured in nearby cells. His squad of 10 ex-convicts advanced only a few dozen yards before being decimated. Paul Urey and Dylan Healy, two British aid workers were captured by Russian forces,[161] Healy was charged with 'forcible seizure of power' and undergoing 'terrorist' training,[162] but later released on 22 September[163] while Urey died in captivity. [89] It also claimed 61,207 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 49,368 wounded by this point. But Russias regular army this month began recruiting convicts in exchange for pardons, shifting the practice on the Russian side in the war from the Wagner private army to the military. [98], With respect to Russian military losses, Ukrainian estimates tended to be high, while Russian estimates of their own losses tended to be low. A Russian spokeswoman claimed that she had also told Johnson during a phone call about the men's treatment that the UK should "show mercy" to the Ukrainian citizens by stopping military aid to the Ukrainian government when asked to show the men mercy. Combat deaths can be inferred from a variety of sources, including satellite imagery and video image of military actions. The Russian prisoner says he was given food and cigarettes, adding: "I didn't see any fascists. In three days at the front south of Bakhmut, Private Sergei first served as a stretcher bearer, carrying out mangled, bloody former prisoners who had been killed or wounded in an omen of what awaited him when ordered to join an assault. United Nations investigators found that some prisoners lost up to a quarter of their body weight as a result of the lack of food, poor hygiene and sickness. WebThese are the voices of Russian prisoners of war now held by Ukraine. One soldier was wounded and screamed, Help me! He's basically saying, look, you're probably going to die. All the prisoners DW was able to speak with assured us that they regret their participation in the invasion of Ukraine and that they did not shoot at peaceful civilians in villages and towns. It's so dystopian that it's really hard to believe. When I came to this war, I thought it was worth it, he said. Primary Menu Sections. "In the beginning, we were told it was about humanitarian things. [46] 1,110 separatist fighters and supporters, including 743 civilians, were reportedly still being held by Ukrainian forces as of late March 2016. Russian prisoners of war at the detention center canteen this month. The women prisoners who were interviewed said that while they were not physically tortured, they were placed in cells close to where male prisoners were being beaten and tortured. 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"[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. Got a confidential news tip? And what do they think of the war? Based on these observations, we can assume that the list of confirmed losses maintained by the BBC contain at least 40-60% fewer names of the dead than actually buried in Russia. If you don't give your everything, we will shoot you," Walker says. A report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that Russian forces committed widespread abuse against prisoners captured in Ukraine. [50] The number of released prisoners was updated to 3,224 in late June 2018,[51] while the number of those still held by the rebels was put at 113. Last week, the head of Wagner, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, said he would end the practice of recruiting convicts. This includes about 6,500 pro-Russian separatist forces, 4,400 Ukrainian forces, and 3,404 civilians. Lunch is distributed to the Russians by a Ukrainian prisoner under the supervision of a guard. At the beginning of June 2015, the Donetsk region's prosecutors reported 1,592 civilians had gone missing in government-controlled areas, of which 208 had been located. But with the prisoners of war, they say, things are easier. "Here are some helpful resources to make sense of it all. Relatives mourn the death of Fathullo Narzulloev, a Tajik convict who was killed in Ukraine. A private named Aleksandr, 44, who shaved three years off a sentence for illegal logging by enlisting with Wagner, said that before deploying to the front he was told he would be shot if he disobeyed orders to advance. [267], As Russian soldiers began to retreat the identification of the dead civilians who had been unreported due to communication issues and constant fighting began to be reported. 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. Hear Russian prisoner's chilling final message to wife after fighting in Ukraine. WebPOWs or prisoners of war are people who are held captive by the other side in the conflict against the backdrop of wartime animosity. "", ", " : | DW | 17.03.2022", " : ", " : ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " 10 - ", "Tributes pour in for activist Roman Ratushny killed in Ukraine war", "Shock as Ukrainian war correspondent Oleksiy Chubashev is killed fighting for Ukraine", " " " ", " " " ", "Air Force Colonel Mykhailo Matyushenko, a 'Ghost of Kyiv', killed in dogfight over Black Sea", "Brazilian model soldier, trained sniper killed during combat against Russia", " 28- ", " -, 28- ", " "" : -", " ' . NATO: Finland forges ahead of Sweden toward membership, Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy calls for ICC Russia probe, Russian troops step up fight to cut off Bakhmut supply lines. The UN has called on both sides to treat POWs humanely and to promptly and effectively investigate all alleged cases of torture and ill-treatment. There's nothing in the Russian legal code, and there's been no amendments to suggest that it's possible to simply take people out of prisons and pardon them. On the table next to their beds is a stack of books. There's a common table for all, with plastic dishes, spoons and forks for each prisoner. These orders were common, so our losses were gigantic, Sergei said. Ukrainian POWs have said that they were frequently subjected to prolonged beatings, threats, electric shocks and dog attacks. [Alexei Navalny's] team did a series of investigations into Prigozhin and into how he was winning these government contracts, back in 2015, 2016. A soldier can then be heard shouting Glory to Ukraine. Ale konkretw brak", " . Get this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. [104] In early June 2022, the Svetlogorsk City Court in the Kaliningrad region ruled that a list of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, published by privately owned news websites, constituted "classified information" and its publication could be considered a criminal offense. Investigators said that before Ukrainian service members were transferred to a makeshift Russian detention facility or penal colony, they were stripped of their belongings, including money, credit cards, jewelry, military clothes and boots. [269], As of late May 2022, Ukrainian authorities had stored at least 137 bodies of Russian soldiers that were collected near Kyiv,[270] as well as 62 in the Kharkiv region. ", "DPR to review case of five foreign mercenaries surrendered in Mariupol", "2 Americans and 5 Britons captured by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine freed in prisoner swap", "Israeli citizen fighting for Ukraine taken captive by pro-Russian forces in Luhansk", "Death penalty considered for captured UK and Morocco fighters Russian-backed rebels", "Ukraine war: Injured Briton captured by Russian forces and paraded on television", "Captured Briton John Harding appears in video in Ukraine", "U.S. This is not the first time Russia has been accused of recruiting sick and injured people for its war in Ukraine. DW spoke with prisoner Oleg from Karelia in private in a separate room. As of Monday, Russia lost a total of 148,690 military personnel in combat, as per estimates from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. How are they treated as POWs? 2. [107][102] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) considers the number of civilian casualties to be considerably higher than the one the United Nations are able to certify. His dash toward Ukrainian lines in a group of five soldiers ended with three dead and two captured. WebThe sister of a Russian prisoner who fought and died in Ukraine didn't even know her brother was in the war until a reporter told her. "They were constantly psychologically tormented by the screams of male POWs being tortured or ill-treated. ". https://t.co/HO6VltRiSM https://t.co/6AAGbqaFXU. And they have become an integral component of Russias military strategy as itpresses a new offensive in Ukraines east: relying on overwhelming manpower, much of it comprising inexperienced, poorly trained conscripts, regardless of the high rate of casualties. WebA report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that Russian forces committed widespread abuse against prisoners captured in Ukraine. The Russians are held separately from the other prisoners. hide caption, A poster displays a Russian soldier with a slogan reading "Glory to the Heroes of Russia.". If possible, we get it. We're told it is"for their own protection.". Captives Surface in Russian Propaganda Videos", "A retired Marine went missing in Ukraine. He emerges just before his 30th birthday into this rapidly changing country [in] the very last death throes of the Soviet Union," Walker says. [30], As of mid-March 2015, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), 1,553 separatists had been released from captivity during prisoner exchanges between the two sides. I don't consider it a sacrifice, Alex Drueke, former Russian prisoner of war, said. The report said prisoners of war, or POWs, were then sent to places of internment in inhumane ways: They were often transported in overcrowded trucks or buses and sometimes lacked access to water or toilets for more than a day. [7] On 10 August 2016, Russia accused the Special Forces of Ukraine of conducting a raid near the Crimean town of Armiansk which killed two Russian servicemen. 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