#Ukrainian prisoners of war
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![How Many Ukrainian Pows Are in Russian Captivity and What Do We Know About Them?]( "How Many Ukrainian Pows Are in Russian Captivity and What Do We Know About Them?")
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![Photo of Daniel Kosoy]( "Photo of Daniel Kosoy")
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- War in Ukraine
Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war remain in an informational void, held incommunicado in Russian prisons, where even the Red Cross is denied access. Meanwhile, Russian POWs in Ukraine receive medical care, family contact, and oversight from international monitors.![“Be Brutal, No Mercy”: Russian Guards Granted Carte Blanche to Torture Ukrainian POWs]( "“Be Brutal, No Mercy”: Russian Guards Granted Carte Blanche to Torture Ukrainian POWs")
![Investigation Confirms Olenivka Prison Officials Obstructed Medical Aid, Leading to More POW Deaths]( "Investigation Confirms Olenivka Prison Officials Obstructed Medical Aid, Leading to More POW Deaths")
![Ukraine Confirms No Return of Australian Volunteer Oscar Jenkins’s Body as POW’s Fate Remains Unclear]( "Ukraine Confirms No Return of Australian Volunteer Oscar Jenkins’s Body as POW’s Fate Remains Unclear")
![Servicemen of Ukrainian Azov Brigade burn flares during a memorial event at Independence Square]( "Remembering Russia’s Olenivka Massacre Through A Ukrainian Prisoner Of War’s Story")
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![Jessica_daly]( "Photo of Jess Daly")
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- War in Ukraine
Today, July 29th 2024, marks two years since an explosion killed 51 and injured at least 139 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) held by Russian forces in the Olenivka penal colony, in the temporarily occupied region of Donbas. A survivor of Olenivka tells us what she knows about the attack, what life was like for her inside the prison, and how, she says, the Red Cross failed to fulfill their duties.![How Russia Treats Ukrainian Prisoners of War in Captivity]( "How Russia Treats Ukrainian Prisoners of War in Captivity")
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![Photo of Audrey MacAlpine]( "Photo of Audrey MacAlpine")
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- War in Ukraine
New photos by Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov have sparked outcry across Ukraine and beyond. They show the bodies of Ukrainian prisoners who went through Russian captivity—with signs of heavy abuse and torture.
-4e6815e837b84529e61a208bbb9a55f4.jpeg "Ukraine Confirms No Return of Australian Volunteer Oscar Jenkins’s Body as POW’s Fate Remains Unclear")
-46f6afa2f66d31ff3df8ea1a8f5524ec.jpg "Photo of Jess Daly")
-fca37bf6b0e73483220d55f0816978cf.jpeg "Photo of Audrey MacAlpine")