Some of them lost up to a quarter of their body weight, and many frequently fainted in captivity. The European Union will provide another 2.5 billion euros (around $2.57 billion) in financial aid for Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday. 1-min read He recruited them from Russia's prisons to fight in Ukraine and. Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) pose after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine November 24, 2022. There is also evidence that Ukrainian POWs in Russia and in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine are being tortured immediately after their capture, Bogner said: "There is a lack of food and hygiene, and the treatment on the part of the guards is rough.". Prisoners of war described being beaten, including with batons and wooden hammers, kicked, and given electric shocks with Tasers and a military phone known as TAPik. They simply had fun and were not interested in my replies to their questions. trial of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine. In the first round of mobilisation, a secret clause in Putin's decree was revealed, showing one million men could be called to take up arms and fight in Ukraine. But the group has not always been the fighters Kremlin leaders hoped. 50 Ukrainian soldiers are back," Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office said on Twitter. International conventions dictate how these prisoners should be treated and what they can and cant be used for, which apply to the situation in Ukraine because it is an armed conflict. 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The conflict was triggered by the Ukrainian Revolution - when an uprising overthrew the pro-Russian government of Viktor. PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. submissions or preferences. One prisoner of war recalled: We were most afraid of the military phone. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography Firstly, deserting. They were also subjected to degrading treatment that amounted to sexual violence, like being forced to run naked from one room to another in the presence of male guards. They then lost contact with the commander and his unit was captured by the Ukrainian army soon after. Prigozhin explains that basic training will cover what to do with the two grenades each soldier is given in case they are captured the insinuation being that soldiers should blow themselves up rather than allow themselves to be taken prisoner. The Russian prisoners are a captive audience, he said, and listen politely. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, The latest Irish and international sports news for readers and members, A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see. When he signed his contract, Oleg says, he was promised training and that he would not be deployed on the front lines. The Russian prisoner says he was given food and cigarettes, adding: "I didn't see any fascists. During his visit to the city of Izyum,. While some recruited prisoners may desert or disobey orders, others "are just fucked up and bulldoze their way through," Drozdov said, noting that these fighters "are very different from ordinary mercenaries." During his visit to the city of Izyum, a key area in the northeast of Ukraine, Mr Zelensky thanked his troops for their efforts as the country takes the initiative in the war. We documented cases of torture and ill-treatment, mostly when people were captured, first interrogated, or moved to transit camps and places of internment. A Ukrainian woman who is eight months pregnant is being held at a notorious prison camp in the Russian-occupied part of eastern Ukraine, her friends and family say. Olga Romanova, head of prisoners' rights NGO Jailed Russia, said the number was much higher - estimating that as many as 11,000 Russian prisoners had signed up to go to Ukraine. The Russian military captured Obidina in the ruins of her hometown of Mariupol on May 5. In several cases, prisoners of war were stabbed or given electric shocks with the TAPik military phone by Ukrainian law enforcement officers or military personnel guarding them. In Soledar, a salt-mining town with a prewar population of about 10,000 people . We recall that in international armed conflicts, the prosecution of combatants for mere participation in the hostilities is prohibited by international humanitarian law. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The latest retreat near Kharkiv even has people in Russia questioning Putin. More info. The Russian President is facing calls to resign from deputies in 18 districts of Moscow and St Petersburg, it has been reported. Ivan is halfway through a 23-year sentence for murder and asked to use a pseudonym out of concern for his safety. 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.. We await progress in these cases. Trkiye , Erdogan, But, when he arrived in the Kharkiv region, he says, he didn't see a single nationalist. A Ukrainian website purporting to count. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is the leading United Nations entity in the field of human rights, with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. The head of Russia's paramilitary Wagner Group said that a first group of prisoners whom it recruited to fight in Ukraine have completed their service and been pardoned, state media reported. Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy, How Ukraine is dealing with Russian POWs - and how they are supposed to be treated by law. The group has also been accused of human rights abuses and war crimes in Ukraine and other conflicts. On the other side of the war, there have been no major reports about how Ukrainians captured by Russia have been treated. Prisoners would be bound to a six-month tour of service with the Wagner Group, and would be expected to avoid these substances throughout. ), He responded toan online advertisement he came across and was sent to Donetsk, which is controlled by pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has set up a Telegram channel with videos that it says show captured, injured, and dead Russian soldiers. Witnesses told us about the death of at least one prisoner of war during an admission procedure in the penal colony near Olenivka in mid-April 2022. The prohibition of torture and ill-treatment is absolute, even indeed especially- in times of armed conflict. Desperate Putin has reined in both a Chechen warlord and a notorious mercenary leader by appointing General Valery Gerasimov as head of Russian forces. And what do they think of the war? Torture and ill-treatment were not only used to coerce prisoners of war to give military information or statements about alleged crimes. You can obtain a copy of the READ MORE: Putin warned it is 'too late' to save Russian military from defeat, Franz-Stefan Gady, a Senior Fellow focused on future conflict and the future of war and a former military advisor to Europe and the United States, added that Russia's strategy appears to be "to bleed Ukrainian forces dry and by doing so prevent or delay the launch of a major Ukrainian ground offensives in other parts of the country this winter.". This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. He continued: "We have to be a little careful here. Something went wrong, please try again later. In another cell, there are three young men in their 20s. No one falls back, no one retreats, no one surrenders. Prisoners have been described as the Kremlins saviours and Russia's media is gushing in praise for Yevgeniy Prigozhins Wagner mercenary group. for the content of external websites. You can change your choices at any time by visiting your privacy controls. Ukrainian prisoners of war told us about overcrowded cells, poor hygiene and lack of food and water. The Ukrainian military, he says, took him along and provided medical care. , 400px wide Alexander Drozdov, another former inmate cited in the report, said many of the Russian prisoners sent to the front line in Ukraine by Wagner are drug addicts and "completely insane." Russian propaganda analyst Kseniya Kirillova wrote: "Losses in so-called meat grinder assaults are said to be enormous, especially among convicts whose role is to reveal Ukrainian positions by advancing to draw their fire.". In it she called on him to vote to back reform and, as demanded by a coterie of radical bishops, change forever the Anglican stance on same-sex marriage. After three months in captivity, all he wants is to go back home. The prisoner added that the inmates were told that if they served six months in Ukraine, they would be set free - but were warned that few would come back. The food is balanced," says Roman. Accountability is also key to deterring and preventing further violations. A soldier can then be heard shouting Glory to Ukraine. 5 min. The Ukrainian military has set up a website to arrange for the mothers of captured Russian soldiers to come to pick them up in Ukraine, via the Polish border. But I was immediately sent to the front lines." Contrary to public perception, Putin's partial mobilisation in September has borne its fruits and filled the gaps in the military, Mr Gady said. A Ukrainian serviceman holds his weapon on the front lines near Bakhmut in Donetsk, Ukraine, December 4, 2022. But what use is he to us dead? Mr Zelensky's defence officials have also claimed "panic" and "refusals to fight" have plagued Moscow's forces. We also documented cases of ill-treatment of Russian prisoners of war in a penal colony in Dnipropetrovska region and in several pre-trial facilities, including so-called welcome beatings. In Ukraine, captured Russian soldiers say their government tricked them. The Pentagon press secretary said: "We've talked about some of those things, in terms of logistics problems, command and control problems, sustainment problems, morale and the large failure to achieve the strategic objectives that they've set for themselves. The Russian Federation must allow - on a regular basis - full, confidential and unimpeded access to prisoners of war, in particular in their places of internment. Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/aFDNytdSEu, ???? Nicola Sturgeon and the truth about transphobia. Prisoners of Russia's controversial Wagner group, which has murderers, rapists and drug dealers on its front line, have come clean to their Ukrainian captors. The higher-up is killed if his team deserts.". The prevention of torture starts with ensuring that independent monitors have access to detainees. The New York Times said it had verified the video and the BBC said it had confirmed the location north of the town of Dmytrivka and found satellite images showing bodies on the ground. Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Monday that she did not talk to her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets in Turkey last week about a possible prisoner exchange. The websitecontains the names, birth dates and ranks all of which can be asked for under the Geneva convention of captured soldiers who have been identified, as well as information about where they are located. There are no official figures on how many Russian soldiers are detained in Ukraine. Surviving President Vladimir Putin's poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. Russia is publicly executing troops who defy Vladimir Putin's orders in Ukraine. They found a match to a Georgian man with close links to Ukraine, but are yet to confirm his identity. The war is difficult, he says; the pro-Kremlin group has used more than two and a half times the amount of ammunition used by Soviet forces during the battle of Stalingrad in the second world war. But his defiance, according to his political team, has put him . 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. In a last-ditch effort to push through the battle lines, the Russian army will "highly likely" make use of "convict labour", British intelligence reported. #StandWithUkraine ???? Hannych is one of hundreds and perhaps thousands of Ukrainian noncombatants believed to be held by Russian forces for months following their invasion. As part of his maximalist war ambitions, Putin is trying to defend the four regions he annexed last September with as many as troops as he can - whatever the number of troops killed on the battleground, Mr Cenusa said. At the beginning of the summer, reports began to surface of prisoners being recruited as canon-fodder for the rapidly depleting Russian forces. Russia cancels prisoner swap at last minute, says Ukraine Russia cancelled a scheduled exchange of prisoners of war on Saturday at the last minute, the Ukrainian body dealing with prisoners said. In Geneva and RollingNews.ie unless otherwise stated. Russia is recruiting prisoners and advertising on billboards to urge men to join the army. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the liberated territory in Ukraine after his forces clawed back 3,000 square miles in a matter of days. I reiterate 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, regardless of their affiliation. Russia and Ukraine have conducted numerous prisoner swaps - most recently on Jan. 8 - amounting to hundreds of captives each in the course of the war, which is now in its 11th month. Novikov said there are "squadrons of liquidators" that deal with troops considered to be problematic. We were also only allowed to talk to prisoners who were not charged with war crimes and who faced no other criminal charges: Interviewing such individuals would require additional authorization from the investigators or prosecutor. He said: "The Russian strategy is not exactly measured in the efficiency of saving the lives of conscripted Russians. Liz Throssell + 41 22 917 9296 / elizabeth.throssell@un.org or Thirdly, recruits are forbidden from marauding, including looting and any form of sexual relations. In fact, various reports and expert analyses echo this. Third states, in particular those providing support to the belligerents, have an obligation under Common article 1 of the Geneva Conventions to ensure respect of international humanitarian law by the parties to the conflict. Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine have described being used like 'cannon fodder' and thrown into battle against 'peaceful people'. Denis Cenusa, a Germany-based risk political analyst at Freedom House, told Express.co.uk the number of Russian recruits could rise to one million. A recently leaked video appeared to depict Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of Vladimir Putin and leader of the Wagner group, offering pardons to Russian prisoners if they served six months with his mercenary group. Marco Sassoli, a professor of international law at the University of Geneva, agreed that images of prisoners of war where you see their face and you can recognise them is a violation of international humanitarian law. Fine words from von der Leyen on EU triumphs - 100% wrong of course Russia forced to dig in and wait for winter after Ukraine counter. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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