Russia's hinterland, border and occupied territories: an investigator tells where Russians are holding Ukrainian prisoners
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Ukrainian prisoners are held in colonies on the occupied territories and in the Russian Federation, in particular in border and remote regions. For this purpose, places in colonies are freed up and special institutions are used.
Ukrainian prisoners of war can be held in colonies both in the temporarily occupied territories and in the regions near the border with Ukraine, as well as in remote regions of Russia - the Republic of Mordovia, Orenburg, Smolensk, Tver, Voronezh, Vladimir, and Ivanovo regions. Maria Klymyk, an investigative journalist at the Media Initiative for Human Rights, told this in a commentary to UNN.
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According to Klymyk, Ukrainian prisoners can be held both in the occupied territories and in Russia.
We have a lot of places of detention on the territory of the temporarily occupied territories - Donetsk and Luhansk regions, mostly. This is Horlivka - colony No. 4. Kirovska correctional colony No. 33, Makiivka colony, where people who have been convicted are often transferred. In Luhansk region, these are Sverdlovsk and Sukhodolsk colonies. For some time the premises of the former shoe factory in Pervomaysk were also used. It was used as a place of detention. There are many SIZOs on the temporarily occupied territories in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and in Mariupol. We also know that Chongar is also used as a place of detention
According to her, many places in the colonies of the Russian Federation have been freed up to hold Ukrainian prisoners of war in the regions near the border with Ukraine - Rostov and Belgorod. It is also known that prisoners are being transported deeper into Russia - the Republic of Mordovia, Orenburg, Smolensk, Tver, Voronezh, Vladimir, and Ivanovo regions.
"In fact, in every region of Russia, you can find some place that they use to hold Ukrainian prisoners of war. They allocate such special places for those who are convicted... There is a detention center called "Black Dolphin" in the Orenburg region, where Russian criminals sentenced to life imprisonment are held, but they also bring convicted Ukrainian prisoners of war there. In fact, they use every colony, every place of detention. The Russians can release the entire place of detention for prisoners of war, or they can divide it into parts: Ukrainian prisoners of war are held in one part, and local prisoners are held in the other," the investigator added.
Recall
On July 17, another 95 Ukrainian defenders were released from Russian captivity thanks to the mediation efforts of the United Arab Emirates. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted: we are looking for everyone who may be in captivity.
A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, stated that the Ukrainians returned from Russian captivity have weight problems, complications from injuries that were not properly treated, and there is also a cancer patient and a tuberculosis patient. All of them are facing a long process of rehabilitation and recovery. Yusov also noted that the work on the return of our citizens continues, and the whole country sees the results.
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