#POWs
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-74a8d40a18bf9ba3a3f9676ede2bddda.jpg "Ukrainian soldier who was previously held captive poses for a portrait while undergoing rehabilitation on June 6, 2024 in Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
![Russia’s Hidden Weapon of War: Sexual Violence Against Ukrainians]( "Russia’s Hidden Weapon of War: Sexual Violence Against Ukrainians")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, survivors have reported sexual violence in occupied towns, detention centers, and prisons. Years of investigations suggest these were not isolated acts, but part of a broader pattern that has become one of the war’s most difficult crimes to document—and one of its hardest to prosecute.![A soldier who has returned from captivity, shows traces of torture, as he undergoes medical examinations and rehabilitation at a state rehabilitation center on September 16, 2024 in the Poltava region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine Charges Two Russians, Including a Medic, Over Torture of Ukrainian POWs at Vladimir Prison Colony")
![A captured prisoner of war (POW) from Zimbabwe covers his face in deep regret during an interview detailing how he was deceived into joining the Russian military.]( "Tricked Into Russia's War: The Foreign POWs Lured to the Frontlines")
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![Photo of Jamal Marcelin]( "Photo of Jamal Marcelin")
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- War in Ukraine
“God, please forgive your sons. Don’t let anyone come to Russia because they are just selling themselves to go and die. Nobody is coming home.”![Seven Ukrainian civilians returned from Russian captivity pose with national flags after arriving in Ukraine on June 27, 2026. (Source: Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights)]( "Seven Ukrainian civilians returned from Russian captivity pose with national flags after arriving in Ukraine on June 27, 2026. (Source: Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights)")
![A view of damage at a police station where the detainees were tortured and ill-treated by the Russian forces in Kherson city center, November 16, 2022.]( "A view of damage at a police station where the detainees were tortured and ill-treated by the Russian forces in Kherson city center, November 16, 2022.")
![A Dutch soldier looks out onto the military training city of “Schnöggersburg,” during Bastion Lion military exercise on April 09, 2025, near Gardelegen, Germany.]( "A Dutch soldier looks out onto the military training city of “Schnöggersburg,” during Bastion Lion military exercise on April 09, 2025, near Gardelegen, Germany.")
-18d61b11af6fc75fdea1219d829080b7.png "Russia’s Hidden Weapon of War: Sexual Violence Against Ukrainians")
-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
-83fd5369c7d30ef369a62582e3dc6dfb.jpg "Ukraine Charges Two Russians, Including a Medic, Over Torture of Ukrainian POWs at Vladimir Prison Colony")
