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Chechnya
A Kyiv Post journalist spoke with Russian conscripts and Chechens, learning details about the orders from the Russian military command and the POW's speculations about the events in the Kursk region.
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Russian Armed Forces
An image posted on social media shows the prisoner lying on his back with his hands tied and a sword inscribed with “For Kursk” thrust into his chest.
Sep. 17
Azov
15 servicemen from the “Azov” regiment of the National Guard are returning home after more than two years in Russian captivity. This group is mainly made up of women.
Sep. 13
Propaganda
A sense of hopelessness, no means of evacuation and instilled myths about conditions if captured by Ukraine, are pushing Russian soldiers to pull the trigger on their own lives.
Aug. 31
War in Ukraine
This marks the first exchange since the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive in the Kursk region and the 55th exchange overall.
Aug. 24
SBU
Contrary to Russian propagandists' claims that Moscow has halted such exchanges, Lubinets confirmed that communication between Ukrainian and Russian ombudsmen is ongoing.
Aug. 15
War in Ukraine
The two sides regularly exchange soldiers' bodies as well as captured prisoners of war in rare diplomatic dealmaking between Moscow and Kyiv.
Aug. 2
Zelensky
The president’s statement came after talks with Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief amid speculation that the war was grinding to stalemate that would require territory to be ceded in exchange for peace.
Jul. 29
UN
Ukraine calls for a UN and ICRC probe into the July 29, 2022, Olenivka prison attack, which killed 50 Ukrainian prisoners. President Zelensky demands Russia be held accountable.
Jul. 29
SBU
The project, launched by Ukrainian special services, provides a platform for swapping traitors and collaborators for Ukrainians in Russian captivity.
Jul. 25
War in Ukraine
Every day, Taganrog prison was filled with the sounds of screams, squeals, and crying.
Jul. 21
War in Ukraine
US right-wing promotes isolationist agenda on third day of RNC; Some 800 AFU soldiers missing in defense of left bank; Air raid alarms sound in Kyiv as Russian drone shot down.
Jul. 18
Armed Forces of Ukraine
In total, 3,405 Ukrainians have been returned home in prisoner swaps since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Kyiv reports.
Jul. 17
Zaporizhzhia
The Russian military in the Zaporizhzhia region systematically execute captured Ukrainians, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
Jul. 11
Azov
Tetyana Vyshniak said that not enough people knew about the heroism of Mariupol’s last defenders at the Azovstal plant and the current fate of survivors. So she got the idea to hold weekly rallies.
Jul. 7
Russia
Physically and morally broken – relatives of two deceased Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) and a returned POW described the abhorrent conditions inside Russia’s Vyazemskoye Detention Center-2.
Jul. 1
An image posted on social media shows the prisoner lying on his back with his hands tied and a sword inscribed with “For Kursk” thrust into his chest.
Sep. 17