Russian prisoners-of war expressed their gratitude towards Ukrainian forces for their humane treatment, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said on Facebook on Jan. 6, commenting on a video of his recent conversation with Russian POWs awaiting exchange.
"Another confirmation of Ukraine's strict adherence to the Geneva Conventions,” Lubinets wrote.
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“It is important that the Russians once again said that they had no complaints and thanked us for our humanity.”
When asked how they were treated in captivity, the POWs replied: "good," "normal." "humane," "arms and legs intact".
"We somehow expected a different attitude, not so positive,” one of the POWs said on camera.
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“They didn't humiliate our honor and dignity, they treated us normally.”
The prisoners also mentioned that they were allowed to contact their families, correspond through letters, and receive medical care.
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Lubinets, for his part, urged the Russians to share their positive experiences when they return home and expressed his desire for “exactly the same conditions for Ukrainian POWs.” He also wished that the Russians would stop coming to Ukraine with weapons.
224 Ukrainian POWs and six civilians have returned home after a prisoner exchange with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Jan. 3, including 130 soldiers, 55 national guardsmen, 38 border guardsmen, one police officer, and six civilians who had been illegally detained.
Lubinets later added that the number included defenders of Azovstal and Mariupol more broadly, as well as of Snake Island, whose defiant stand against the Russian Navy has been a rallying cry for Ukrainians since the first weeks of the full-scale invasion.
He further stated that Ukraine strives to exchange all its citizens and continues to work on this issue. This was the 49th official exchange, with 2,828 prisoners exchanged in total, and the largest since February 24, 2022. It was the first publicly announced prisoner swap in six months.
Freed Ukrainian prisoners-of-war from the latest swap all evidenced extreme amounts of weight loss, and require medical and psychological treatment after likely being tortured in captivity, Lubinets noted.
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