Ukraine has released the names of more than 100 Russian prisoners of war captured during the ongoing conflict in the country, urging their mothers to come and "take your sons." Sick soldiers are reportedly marked using wristbands: red for those who are HIV-positive and white for fighters with hepatitis. Earlier, CNN reported that prisoners for the war against Ukraine are now directly recruited by the Russian Defense Ministry. The Russian prisoner says he was given food and cigarettes, adding: "I didn't see any fascists. He lay in the dark until he was captured by Ukrainians who slipped into the buffer area between the two trench lines. Poorly trained Russian soldiers captured by Ukraine describe being used as cannon fodder by commanders throwing waves of bodies into an assault. He's basically saying, look, you're probably going to die. The sequential assaults on Ukrainian lines by small units of former Russian prisoners have become a signature Russian tactic in the effort to capture Bakhmut. [103] According to BBC News, Ukrainian claims of Russian fatalities were including the injured as well. People who look into Prigozhin's activities tend to have rather worrying, sinister things happen to them. [17] Eventually, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry stated that the numbers recorded by the National Museum of Military History were the official ones, although still incomplete,[22] with 4,647 deaths (4,509 identified and 138 unidentified) cataloged by 1 December 2021. [citation needed] According to The Guardian, while it was likely that Ukraine was using the discomfort of captured soldiers for propaganda purposes, still the videos succeeded in showing the Russian servicemen's "authentic sense" of regret for having come to Ukraine. A Division of NBCUniversal. The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution that calls for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine, as ambassadors met to resume their emergency special session devoted to the conflict. Russian POWs, held by Ukraine, told interviewers of summary executions and several cases of torture and ill-treatment, mostly when they were captured, first interrogated, or moved to transit camps and places of internment. One woman told U.N. investigators, "I still cannot stand the sound of duct tape. Russian defense officials, meanwhile, announced that 63 Russian troops had returned from Ukraine . Private Sergei said he had initially been pleased with the offer of a pardon in exchange for service in Wagner. Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. Yes, they have heavy losses. A soldier then shoots him in the head twice. 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Got a confidential news tip? 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. In the video, at least three men in camouflage, including one with a head wound and his hands tied behind his back, can be seen lying dead next to a fourth man, who is breathing heavily with a jacket covering his head. ", One prisoner told investigators he was captured and detained in a Russian penal colony near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. This article was originally written in Russian, Mariupol prisoners give Russia 'a lot of leverage': DW's Mathias Blinger. He's got a shaved head. He said that during one interrogation session, Russians "attached wires to my genitalia and nose and shocked me.". One of them is Dmitry. But yet it has happened. Copyright IBTimes 2023. If you don't give your everything, we will shoot you," Walker says. WebAt the end of January, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that presidential decrees pardoning prisoners recruited to fight in the war against Ukraine were classified. Scenes in the video match the scenery on Google Street View of the main road outside Dmytrivka, which is about seven miles south-west of Bucha with roads to Irpin. The soldiers arrived at the front straight from Russias penal colony system, which is rife with abuse and where obedience to harsh codes of conduct in a violent setting is enforced by prison gangs and guards alike. hide caption. Ukraines foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Thursday he was aware of the video and it would definitely be investigated. [104] In early June 2022, the Svetlogorsk City Court in the Kaliningrad region ruled that a list of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, published by privately owned news websites, constituted "classified information" and its publication could be considered a criminal offense. [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. [271] During June, the bodies of 374 Russian soldiers were exchanged for the bodies of 365 Ukrainian servicemen between Ukraine and Russia.[272][273][274][275]. Anyone can read what you share. Others said they had to eat from dirty dishes or dishes with detergent residue, which caused them digestive problems. "The basic pitch is six months: It's going to be horrible. A Russian spokeswoman claimed that she had also told Johnson during a phone call about the men's treatment that the UK should "show mercy" to the Ukrainian citizens by stopping military aid to the Ukrainian government when asked to show the men mercy. The prisoners say they like to read detective stories and novels. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis. They found a match to a Georgian man with close links to Ukraine, but are yet to confirm his identity. Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. 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 cutlery is made of metal. An additional 150,000 are in training camps, officials said, meaning there is the potential for half a million soldiers to join the offensive. He speaks in quite coarse language. Handwritten tags and passports have been attached to the bodies after identification before they are taken by coroners and officials. After a year of war in Ukraine, all signs point to more misery with no end in sight, An ex-member of one of the world's most dangerous mercenary groups has gone public. [10] This number includes non-combat military deaths, as well as deaths from mines and unexploded ordnance. They said their treatment was not only used to coerce them to give military information or statements about alleged crimes but to intimidate and humiliate them on a daily basis. Borscht, a soup made with beetroot,and a porridge of buckwheat are passed through a hatchin the doors of each cell. Russian defense officials, meanwhile, announced that 63 Russian troops had returned from Ukraine. Part of Prigozhin's pitch really is that patriotic, real Russia is not the guys that go to Paris for the weekend. Additionally, Chernivtsi Oblast was the only region of Ukraine not to be attacked by Russian forces. But yet it has happened. All the prisoners DW was able to speak with assured us that they regret their participation in the invasion of Ukraine and that they did not shoot at peaceful civilians in villages and towns. ". 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. They all said, You could see that he was a former [inmate], the way he talked, the way he kind of gave his word that if they fought for him, he would give them their freedom. 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. But after just three days,he was ordered to encircle Kharkiv, a city of over a million people. The New York Times interviewed the Russians at a detention center near Lviv in Ukraines west, where many captured enemy soldiers are sent. Relatives mourn the death of Fathullo Narzulloev, a Tajik convict who was killed in Ukraine. 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