The maintenance of one Russian prisoner of war for a month costs Ukraine 3 thousand hryvnias, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine reports..

This amount includes payment for food, clothing, hygiene products and utility bills.. In addition, the Ukrainian budget reimburses the costs of medicines for prisoners, medical equipment and salaries of staff of institutions where prisoners are kept..

“Such expenses are justified, because the conditions for keeping prisoners of war must comply with the Geneva Convention, and living and healthy Russian prisoners are the necessary exchange fund for the return home of captured Ukrainians from Russia and territories temporarily controlled by it,” explained Deputy Minister of Justice Elena Vysotskaya.

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Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, there have been nine exchanges of prisoners - more than 300 Ukrainians have already returned from Russian captivity. The exact number of captured Russians in Ukraine is not publicly known, but it is known that, for example, in early May, the government allocated almost UAH 44 million for their maintenance..