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“Not random acts”: Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner reports record surge in Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs in 2024
News - 19 December 2024

“Not random acts”: Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner reports record surge in Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs in 2024

When Lubinets contacted Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, she promised a "legal response" to these facts. However, the Ukrainian Ombudsman expressed scepticism about this commitment

Russian forces execute 54 Ukrainian prisoners of war in last two months alone, official report
News - 23 November 2024

Russian forces execute 54 Ukrainian prisoners of war in last two months alone, official report

Law enforcement agencies are currently investigating 53 criminal cases regarding the execution of 177 Ukrainian defenders. The majority occurred in 2024 – 37 criminal cases regarding the execution of 109 people

Ukraine calls for international action as new evidence shows Russians executing surrendered soldiers
News - 19 October 2024

Ukraine calls for international action as new evidence shows Russians executing surrendered soldiers

Russian milbloggers largely glorified the Russian execution of the Ukrainian POWs, reinforcing a cultural norm to justify and celebrate war crimes within the broader Russian ultranationalist community

Ukraine to give Vatican list of journalists illegally held by Russia – Zelenskyy
News - 11 October 2024

Ukraine to give Vatican list of journalists illegally held by Russia – Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy and the Pope agreed that Ukraine would provide a list of journalists currently held captive in Russia and would discuss the release of civilians and deported children

Russians execute 16 Ukrainian POWs in active war zone of Donetsk Oblast, marking largest known battlefield killing
News - 01 October 2024

Russians execute 16 Ukrainian POWs in active war zone of Donetsk Oblast, marking largest known battlefield killing

The Prosecutor General's Office is verifying the posted material. Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin described this as the largest known execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war on the battlefield

“I was defending my home”: Ukrainian soldier Pavlo Zaporozhets illegally sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in Russia
News - 30 November 2023

“I was defending my home”: Ukrainian soldier Pavlo Zaporozhets illegally sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in Russia

Zaporozhets pleaded not guilty to the charges. Refusing trial under the Criminal Code, he asserted that as a soldier, he should be tried under the Geneva Convention

Families of POWs and missing persons unite to oversee the work of state bodies in Ukraine
News - 22 August 2023

Families of POWs and missing persons unite to oversee the work of state bodies in Ukraine

The press conference was devoted to the government’s intention to withdraw the position of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances from the structure of the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine and distribute the powers vested in the institution of the Commissioner for these issues to three other agencies

126 Ukrainian women are in Russian captivity, most of them civilians
News - 04 July 2023

126 Ukrainian women are in Russian captivity, most of them civilians

Twenty-three women in captivity have children: 14 military women have 23 children, and nine civilians have 15