In Ukraine, due to the large number of Russian prisoners of war, a new camp for their detention will be opened in the near future.
Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported this on November 7.
Lubinets emphasized that following the example of the “West-1” camp, the conditions in the new camp will meet all the requirements of international humanitarian law. The Russian military will have medical assistance, three meals a day, contact with relatives and constant access to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The camp itself is located in the deep rear, as it is stipulated by the Geneva Conventions.
The increase in the number of prisoners of war is related both to the situation at the front and to the fact that Russia blocks the exchange of prisoners.
Russian prisoners of war in the yard of the camp in western Ukraine, September 19, 2023.
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- Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, about 2 600 Ukrainian citizens have been returned from Russian captivity. Mostly they are military, but there are also civilians. However, recently there is no such dynamics with exchanges, which was before — both in terms of the number of exchanges and in terms of the number of returns. The last exchange of prisoners took place on August 7, when 22 Ukrainian soldiers were returned.