
#Prisoner Exchange
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![Four Years of Russia’s War in Ukraine by the Numbers Four Years of Russia’s War in Ukraine by the Numbers]()
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- War in Ukraine
Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war can be counted in numbers: 212,947 documented war crimes, thousands of civilians killed, and millions displaced. Dive into the verified figures that define Russia’s war against Ukraine.![Ukrainian military personnel, released from Russian captivity during the first 2026 swap, return to Ukraine on February 5, 2026 in Unspecified, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images) Ukrainian military personnel, released from Russian captivity during the first 2026 swap, return to Ukraine on February 5, 2026 in Unspecified, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]()
![Russian Courts Prosecute Journalists as Terrorists to Bar Them From Prisoner Swaps Russian Courts Prosecute Journalists as Terrorists to Bar Them From Prisoner Swaps]()
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- War in Ukraine
“The cell is cold, rats run around, the light is on constantly.” This is how a civilian journalist abducted in Russian-occupied Melitopol describes her detention. Like many other Ukrainian media workers, Yana has been reclassified by Russia as a “terrorist” and sentenced in a closed, staged trial, effectively erased from public view and from prisoner-exchange talks.![“The Beginning of a New Life”: Two North Korean POWs Captured in Ukraine Seek Defection to South Korea “The Beginning of a New Life”: Two North Korean POWs Captured in Ukraine Seek Defection to South Korea]()
![114 Civilians Freed From Belarusian Prisons After Successful Talks, Including Five Ukrainians 114 Civilians Freed From Belarusian Prisons After Successful Talks, Including Five Ukrainians]()
![The “Gentleman’s Kit” of Torture: Firsthand Accounts Reveal Russia’s Brutal POW Abuse System The “Gentleman’s Kit” of Torture: Firsthand Accounts Reveal Russia’s Brutal POW Abuse System]()
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- War in Ukraine
Suffocation with plastic bags, breaking fingers, electric shocks to the genitals, and forced self-mutilations of pro-Ukrainian tattoos are only a small part of what Russia imposes on Ukrainian POWs and captured civilians. The Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre released a report uncovering these systematic atrocities.
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