Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh spent three months in captivity after being captured by Russian troops. In some cases, they said they were punched and kicked in the face and body after surrendering and when they were interrogated. Discovery Company. We've had very different figures of how many have been captured or killed or wounded. FOLLOW MORE IBT NEWS ON THE BELOW CHANNELS, IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you. "My cousin is fighting in a neighboring unit, and there were prisoners from Wagner already diagnosed with AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis, but I know they still received medical care," he said. They found a match to a Georgian man with close links to Ukraine, but are yet to confirm his identity. They said that a Ukrainian soldier interviewed claimed five Russian soldiers had been captured, one of whom was killed while trying to escape. The prisoners say they like to read detective stories and novels. You have no business being here!'". "We were not told where we were going. But yet it has happened. He was captured on his first human wave assault. 24.02.2023, 11:02. We want to hear from you. Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. The Ukrainian military, he says, took him along and provided medical care. In the early phases of thewar, the Russian Army had copious armored vehicles, artillery and other heavy weaponry but relatively few soldiers on the battlefield. KYIV, Ukraine Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday. People who look into Prigozhin's activities tend to have rather worrying, sinister things happen to them. 345 unidentified bodies, of mostly soldiers, were also confirmed to be held at morgues in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast or buried. ", One prisoner told investigators he was captured and detained in a Russian penal colony near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Lunch is distributed to the Russians by a Ukrainian prisoner under the supervision of a guard. Show Transcript. Many are taking the deadly gamble. Part of Prigozhin's pitch really is that patriotic, real Russia is not the guys that go to Paris for the weekend. And, he adds, he never wants to serve in the army again. [citation needed], According to Ukraine, as of 30 December 2022, 3,392 Ukrainian servicemen were being held by Russia as prisoners of war, while 15,000 soldiers and civilians were missing. On the dangers of investigating Prigozhin. Others said they had to eat from dirty dishes or dishes with detergent residue, which caused them digestive problems. He lay in the dark until he was captured by Ukrainians who slipped into the buffer area between the two trench lines. He got very quick medical attention. It follows the emergence of a video from the front line in Russia has already sent approximately 300 persons to the combat zone, as reported by The Media Line (TML) and the Telegram channel of Radio Liberty. The next group would follow after a pause of 15 or 20 minutes, then another, then another., Of his combat experience, he said, It was the first and last wave for me.. "Walczyli o wolno Ukrainy, ale te za Polsk", "MON nie chce kara Polakw walczcych w Ukrainie. In the interview, he admitted to dealing marijuana and meth, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020. This is not a particularly well-educated or cultured guy. "Here are some helpful resources to make sense of it all. With Putin's blessing, the Wagner Group has recruited inmates from Russian prisons to fight in the war in Ukraine promising a pardon if they survive six months on the battlefield. The Times also viewed videos of interrogations by the Ukrainian authorities. They brought us to a basement, divided us into five-person groups and, though we hadnt been trained, told us to run ahead, as far as we could go, he said of his commanders. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. . The report found that the most widespread form of torture was "beatings by hand, batons or wooden hammers and kicks to various parts of the body, but usually avoiding the head and other vital areas. Their accounts could not be independently corroborated but conformed with assessments of the fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut by Western governments and military analysts. What Prigozhin is trying to do is really redefine who makes up Russian society and the Russian nation. Me and my colleague, when we were researching this article, we managed to get hold of a few prisoners who are still in prison and speak with them either by text message or in other ways, and ask them how they saw this guy, why people agreed to go, why, in that case, they didn't agree to go. A Russian mercenary boss has defended the idea of sending prisoners to fight in the Ukraine war after a video showed him recruiting at a prison. WebFebruary 25, 2023 14:25 GMT. The overall number of estimated deaths in the War in Donbas, from 6 April 2014 until 31 December 2021, was 14,20014,400. The New York Times estimated that about 40,000 inmates have joined the Russian forces roughly 10% of the country's prison population. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Prison staff say that Russian soldier Vadim S., who was also imprisoned along with the prisoners here, allegedly only confessed to shooting and killing a civilian in the Sumy region during a lie detector test. Nobody could ever believe such a thing could exist, Sergei said of Wagner tactics. [37] By the end of December 2017, the number of confirmed missing on the Ukrainian side was 402,[38] including 123 soldiers. Yermak said the released POWs include Their hands were tied and eyes covered so tightly with duct tape that wounds were left on their wrists and faces that continued to bleed for up to several days. There's a common table for all, with plastic dishes, spoons and forks for each prisoner. It could be, Colonel Kostenko said, that such infantry assaults on entrenched defenses will remain mostly confined to the fight for Bakhmut and that they are being used to conserve tanks and armored personnel carriers for the expected offensive. WebRussia has accused Ukrainian forces of executing a group of Russian prisoners, an action it has described as a war crime. ", "How many Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine? [265][266] Kyiv authorities have also reached out to the International Commission on Missing Persons, which was formed to help after the 1990s Balkan conflicts and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and identifies individuals by collecting DNA samples from the deceased and families to cross match. Matilda Bogner, Head of the UNs human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, said that, over the past few months, her team had interviewed 159 prisoners of war or POWs - both men and women, held by Russia, and 175 male prisoners of war held by Ukraine. They kept their distance and did not put pressure on the DW journalists. The organization will also document the location of the body and how the individual died. Meanwhile, out of those released by the rebels, 32 were soldiers. Eight soldiers were killed, one escaped back to Russian lines and Sergei was captured by Ukrainians. It was a very strong animal tranquilizer that had been injected into his leg. But a pardon for eight years is valuable.. Ukrainian prisoners of war are seen after a swap in an unknown location of Ukraine on Saturday. Sergeu Ilnitsky /AFP via Getty Images Mediazona count, updated", "WAR IN UKRAINE. During the interviews, DW journalists were accompanied by prison staff who allowed themto choose the men theywanted to interview. 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. And the main investigator on these was a woman called Lyubov Sobol, who is one of Navalny's top aides. Russia is recruiting young Palestinians and Syrians for the war against Ukraine. But using infantry to storm trenches, redolent of World War I, brings high casualties. On Prigozhin's goal of changing Russian society. [17][18][19][20][21] Several medical officials reported they were overstretched due to the drastic number of casualties. But with the prisoners of war, they say, things are easier. "[Prigozhin] spent his whole 20s pretty much in jail. Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. [269], As of late May 2022, Ukrainian authorities had stored at least 137 bodies of Russian soldiers that were collected near Kyiv,[270] as well as 62 in the Kharkiv region. Eventually the catering contracts expanded to include military services. [264][103], Ukrainian authorities began using facial recognition technology supplied to them by Clearview AI on 12 March 2022, to help identify the deceased, along with potentially using it to uncover Russian spies, vet people at checkpoints and potentially combat misinformation. [53][54], Foreign volunteers have been involved in the conflict, fighting on both sides. 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The cutlery is made of metal. [49], In December 2017, a large prisoner exchange took place where the rebels released 73 out of 176 prisoners they were holding, while Ukraine released 306 out of 380 of their prisoners. American mercenary John McIntyre, who served in the foreign legion of Ukraine and went over to the side of Russia, said in an interview with the TV channel RT February 28, as Ukrainian militants tortured prisoners of war. [102] According to a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, regarding Russian military losses, Ukraine's government was engaged in a misinformation campaign aimed to boost morale and Western media were generally happy to accept its claims, while Russia was "probably" downplaying its own casualties. excluding DPR/LPR militia). Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysozka told DW that the expenses are justified because the detention conditions for prisoners of war have to comply with the Geneva Convention.In addition, Russian prisoners need to be healthy and in good shape for exchangeswith Ukrainians captured by the Russians, she said. A private named Aleksandr, 44, who shaved three years off a sentence for illegal logging by enlisting with Wagner, said that before deploying to the front he was told he would be shot if he disobeyed orders to advance. "He comes out of prison and he starts off selling hotdogs. During the first year of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine participated in 38 war prisoner exchanges with invading Russia and returned 1,863 Ukrainian citizens including 180 women and 107 civilians who were captured in combat or imprisoned by the invaders in other ways. One soldier carried a light machine gun. [383], In a report by The Independent on 9 June, it cited an intelligence report that more than 5,600 Ukrainian soldiers had been captured, while the number of Russian servicemen being held as prisoners had fallen to 550, from 900 in April, following several prisoner exchanges. But yet it has happened. Captives Surface in Russian Propaganda Videos", "A retired Marine went missing in Ukraine. The initiative, called Ishchi Svoikh (Russian: , lit. The others were armed with only assault rifles and hand grenades. (Editor's note: This is the official Kremlin term for Russia's war against Ukraine. But, when he arrived in the Kharkiv region, he says, he didn't see a single nationalist. [164] He was released on 28 October,[165] and reached Ukrainian-controlled territory by 14 December.[166]. 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And they have become an integral component of Russias military strategy as itpresses a new offensive in Ukraines east: relying on overwhelming manpower, much of it comprising inexperienced, poorly trained conscripts, regardless of the high rate of casualties. Ukrainian marine servicemen stand on a street in front of the residential building which was heavily bombed by Russian forces, in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine. The DPR stated 1,102 civilians were killed in its territories between 1 January 2022 and 12 January 2023. WebRussia-Ukraine War: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed a desire to meet Xi Jinping to discuss the 12-point peace proposal put forth by China to stop the Russia-Ukraine war. But after his one experience in an assault, he changed his mind. The dead included three protesters,[2][3][4][5] two Ukrainian soldiers[6] and one Russian Cossack paramilitary. One year has passed since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. In October last year, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry accused the Wagner group of forcibly drafting Russian prisoners with HIV and hepatitis. [167] Below is a list of the nationalities of the foreign fighter casualties. "The Kremlin is sort of looking for ways to disguise the fact that its troops are active in Ukraine [and] Prigozhin steps in," Walker says. This includes about 6,500 pro-Russian separatist forces, 4,400 Ukrainian forces, and 3,404 civilians. [373], On 8 March, a Ukrainian defense reporter with The Kyiv Independent announced that the Ukrainian government was working towards having Russian POWs help revive Ukraine's economy in full compliance with international law. #Ukraine/#Russia: All prisoners of war must be treated humanely at all times - from capture until release & repatriation. Investigators found that some prisoners lost up to a quarter of their body weight as a result of the lack of food, poor hygiene and sickness. A Russian private military company is sending prisoners suffering from AIDS or other serious illnesses to the war in Ukraine, according to the accounts of a Ukrainian soldier. 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It's clear that this is not a polished guy. Russia-Ukraine War: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed a desire to meet Xi Jinping to discuss the 12-point peace proposal put forth by China to stop the Russia-Ukraine war. But if you survive this, I've got your back. Excluding the Russian and Ukrainian military casualties, at least 215 combatants and volunteers, foreign citizens or foreign-born, were killed during the war. Veteran foreign correspondent Shaun Walker has written about the company that recruits and fields the mercenaries, the Wagner Group, as well as the colorful past of its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The war, which has now entered its second year, has caused thousands of deaths and widespread destruction. The food is balanced," says Roman. Soon after, one of the journalists [from Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper] who did one of the biggest investigations into Prigozhin had a severed ram's head delivered to his newsroom and a funeral wreath delivered to his home address. ", "It's just so out of the realms of fantasy that this former convict is going to fly around prisons in his helicopter and offer people salvation for fighting for him at the front, and then lead these battalions of prisoners to their almost certain death," Walker says. Sergei, sat, shoulders slumped, on the sofa in the wardens office of the Ukrainian detention center. Prisoners of war on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine have told UN human rights investigators that they have been subjected to torture and ill WebUkrainian children taken to Russia brings back fear, memories of a similar Nazi effort. They also described a lack of beds, toilets, showers and hygiene items such as toothbrushes and toothpaste, the report said. [78], Meanwhile, Ukraine confirmed its forces had suffered 10,000 killed and 30,000 wounded by the start of June 2022,[94][95] while 7,200 troops were missing,[96] including 5,600 captured. appreciated. Russia claimed to have captured 572 Ukrainian soldiers by 2 March 2022,[364] while Ukraine claimed 562 Russian soldiers were being held as prisoners as of 20 March,[365] with 10 previously reported released in prisoner exchanges for five Ukrainian soldiers and the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. We are prisoners, even if former prisoners, he said. The women prisoners who were interviewed said that while they were not physically tortured, they were placed in cells close to where male prisoners were being beaten and tortured. One of them is Dmitry. "But you go to the front, you put in your service after six months, you're free to go.". The report follows a separate U.N. account of widespread human rights abuses by Russia during the war. The soldiers in Sergeis squad were recruited from penal colonies by the private military company known as Wagner, whose forces have mostly been deployed in the Bakhmut area. [385] The following day, 31 December, 140 Ukrainian servicemen were released in a prisoner exchange, bringing the number of released prisoners from Russian captivity to 1,464 servicemen and 132 civilians. KYIV Ukraine and Russia traded almost 200 prisoners of war (POWs) in a swop announced separately by both sides on Saturday, with the bodies of All Rights Reserved. Several POWs released from various places of detention described being forced to consume their food in a harmful or humiliating manner. The Russian authorities do not provide any information, while the Tajik authorities do not comment on reports of the death of Tajik nationals in Ukraine. Out of the 1,185 civilians and militants killed in the Luhansk region by 15 February 2015. His squad of 10 ex-convicts advanced only a few dozen yards before being decimated. [105][106], The number of civilian and military deaths is impossible to determine with precision given the fog of war. 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