Russian prisoners of war

In Russia's war against Ukraine, our fighters are inflicting huge losses on the occupiers – already 12,000+ Russian militants will not return home. The number of detainees is also increasing – captured Russian fighters are under the supervision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in various places in Ukraine.

Russian prisoners lie about so-called "exercises"

The very first Russian prisoners said that they had supposedly come for exercises and that no one had told them about a full-scale war. This is a cynical lie that the occupiers were ordered to tell – Russia and Belarus tried until the last moment to cover up the build-up of troops on the border with Ukraine with "military exercises", which they called "Allied Resolve 2022". The exercises were supposed to end on February 20, but magically grew into a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory.

Captured Russian occupiers detained by defenders in Ukraine are openly lying when they talk about "exercises" – the militants had orders to destroy Ukrainian cities and Ukrainians:

• Military personnel;

• Territorial Defence fighters;

• And civilians.

Why Ukraine needs Russian prisoners

According to the rules of war, people who surrender have the right to life and must also bear the punishment provided for by the system of international law.

All Russian prisoners must be punished:

• Rank-and-file fighters;

• Russians and other nationalities fighting for the Russian occupiers;

• Captured Russian intelligence officers;

• Saboteurs and looters.

• Generals, majors, sergeants and all military ranks captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In addition, Russian prisoners can be useful for Ukrainians:

• They can reveal the enemy's plans and give the coordinates of concentrations of the occupiers' forces;

• Russian prisoners could theoretically rebuild the cities they destroyed;

• They will become prisoners to be exchanged for Ukrainian defenders.

With each day of the war, there are more and more Russian prisoners in Ukraine who confess to the crimes they committed and even give interviews in which they publicly talk about actions prohibited by the rules of war. All Russian prisoners will be held accountable for their actions and for all the destroyed lives of peaceful Ukrainians.

Read more information about captured occupiers on 24 Channel – up-to-date news about all the events of Russia's war against Ukraine.