Russia called the return of the leaders of "Azov battalion" a violation of the agreements by both the Turkish side and Kyiv

The return of the leaders of "Azov" from Turkey to Ukraine is a violation of the existing agreements, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia and Ukraine announce return of prisoners

Russia and Ukraine both announced on Sunday that nearly 100 soldiers from each side would be returned.

Sabotage and reconnaissance groups infiltrate Belgorod Region, fighting underway

Sabotage and reconnaissance groups have infiltrated the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in Russia’s Belgorod Region bordering Ukraine, fighting is currently underway, the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Sunday.

Wagner boss says his forces will not take any more prisoners in Ukraine

The chief of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his men fighting in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut would kill rival soldiers and take no more prisoners.

Explorers find WWII wreck torpedoed by a United States submarine on which nearly 1,000 Australians died

Deep-sea explorers said they have located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the SS Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines in 1942 killing nearly 1,000 Australian prisoners of war onboard.

Pardoning Of Prisoners That Participated In Special Operation Complies With Law - Kremlin

The procedure of pardoning prisoners is carried out in strict accordance with the law, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Russian ex-prisoners released after fighting in Ukraine

The first group of Russian prisoners offered an amnesty in return for fighting in Ukraine has been released, the head of a mercenary group that employed them said in a video published on Thursday.

Ukraine detains hundreds of civilians in Kherson for POW swap

The Ukrainian authorities have detained hundreds of local residents in Kherson, planning to use them in an exchange for prisoners of war, the Kherson Region governor’s freelance adviser, Alexander Malkevich, told TASS on Thursday.

NYT Confirms Authenticity Of Videos Showing Russian PoWs Getting Killed By Ukrainians

The New York Times has confirmed that videos circulating online of more than ten Russian Prisoners of War (PoW) getting executed by Ukrainians were filmed in the village of Makiivka at the time of its recapture by the Ukrainian forces.

UN demands investigation into Russian POW ‘execution’ video

The UN’s human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has called on Kiev to probe a video that apparently shows the country’s troops executing Russian prisoners of war. Moscow has said that killing captives is a “widespread practice” by Ukraine’s armed forces.

Russia Informs UN Secretary General Of Inhumane Treatment Of Russian PoWs

Russia has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the issue of inhumane treatment of Ukrainian military of Russian prisoners of war (PoWs) and asked the top official to circulate it as an official document of the UN Security Council and General Assembly, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said on Saturday.

Ukrainian Military Deliberately Killed Over 10 Russian Prisoners Of War - Russian Military

The Ukrainian military deliberately killed more than 10 captured Russian servicemen, shooting them in the head at point blank a crime no one can present as a "tragic exception," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Russia and Ukraine have carried out an unexpected Prisoner swap, almost 300 People, 10 Foreigners

 

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Shoigu: The blow to the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka was inflicted by Ukraine from the US-made MLRS

The missile strike of the military Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka of the DPR with prisoners of war was carried out from a US-made multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).

Russia’s Shoigu, UN’s Guterres discuss safe functioning of Zaporizhzhia plant

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has held a phone call with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss conditions for safe functioning of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to the ministry.

Russia to bring experts and reporters to site of recent strike on Yelenovka - TASS

Russia will bring international experts and reporters to the site of Ukraine’s recent strike on a pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said.

Kiev insisted Azov POWs be taken to Yelenovka detention center — Russian Defense Ministry - TASS

 

Kiev had insisted that prisoners of war be taken to a correctional colony in the Yelenovka settlement, which later became the target of a Ukrainian strike, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Wednesday.

UN weighs "conditions" for probe into attack on Donetsk prison - China.org.cn

The world body is weighing conditions for a possible investigation into the shelling of a Donetsk prison in Ukraine, said a UN spokesman on Monday.

ICRC still waiting [permission from UA] for access to Olenivka prison camp

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is still waiting to access prisoners of war (POWs) who were injured in an attack on a prison camp in Olenivka, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.

Diplomat slams Ukraine’s attempts to blame Russia for attack on detention center as futile - TASS

Ukraine is making futile attempts to blame Moscow for an attack on a pre-trial detention center in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky wrote on Twitter.