Two fully functioning camps for prisoners of war in Ukraine - Ministry of Justice

There are two fully functioning camps for Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine. The third has not yet been fully launched. The Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Malyuska told journalists about this on Friday, a correspondent of UNN reports.

There are two, two functioning ones. The third one, we can say, also exists. Legally, there are three camps. The third has not yet been fully launched... There are two fully functioning ones

In addition, Malyuska commented on the cost of spending per Russian prisoner of war. Deputy Minister of Justice Olena Vysotska previously reported that about UAH 10,000 per month is spent on the maintenance of one prisoner.

"It depends on how you count. You can count and get 10, you can count 2, you can count 100. As for prisoners of war, the lion's share of the costs is paid by international organizations, in particular the Red Cross. Moreover, most of the costs of setting up POW camps go nowhere. After the war is over, we will use them as regular prisons, meaning that everything invested in the POW camp is in the interests of Ukraine, because the same real estate, repairs, washing machines, everything we paid for ourselves or our partners helped with will remain and will not go anywhere," Malyuska said.

Therefore, according to him, this is a matter of methodology.

 "I would not speculate on the figures, because they can be inflated or reduced," the minister added.

Addendum

There used to be one camp for Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine. It was opened in western Ukraine.