06 March 2025
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The families of prisoners of war and civilian hostages rallied outside the US Embassy in Kyiv, urging their release under the “all for all” formula
More than 500 family members of prisoners of war and civilians illegally detained by Russia held placards in English reading: "Help Free Civilians," "Every POW Has the Right to Freedom," "Captivity Kills Our Sons and Husbands," "Want Peace? But First Return POWs," "No Negotiations, No Deals Until Our POWs Return Home." Attendees also unfurled a large banner stating, "Don't Let Russia Torture and Kill Our POWs."
Russia sentences four Ukrainian prisoners of war captured in the Kursk region to 17 years in prison
The Second Western District Military Court of Moscow has sentenced Ukrainian prisoners of war Ivan Furlet, Yuriy Zadorozhny, Yuriy Sychenko, and Yuriy Khayuk to 17 years in prison, accusing them of "terrorism" in the Kurs’k Oblast
Russian occupiers sentence Nataliia Shulha, employee of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, to 15 years for alleged sabotage in Enerhodar city
The mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, later expressed his conviction that the recording was staged by Russian security forces after the woman's detention
Nobel laureates call for frozen Russian assets to be directed towards Ukraine’s reconstruction
The statement's signatories recalled that approximately 300 billion euros of the Russian Central Bank's global capital has been frozen due to sanctions. This sum is held in accounts around the world, but predominantly in EU and G7 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom
PEN Ukraine calls on writers worldwide not to remain silent and to resist the new tyranny
The writers called on their colleagues not to stand aside, to speak about the events in Ukraine, to appeal to the governments of their countries, to resist tyranny, and to garner international support. They stressed that light in the darkness can only appear through a common struggle
