In Ukraine there are five specially created camps for holding Russian prisoners of war. All of them are located “as far as possible from the front line”.
Bogdan Okhrimenko, head of the secretariat of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners, spoke about this. According to him, Ukraine is pursuing a policy of openness regarding the detention of Russian prisoners..
“There are five such places in our state: “West-1”, “West-2”, “Center-3”, “West-4” and “Center-5”. All camps are located in the depths of our state, away from the front line, in order to minimize possible provocations and as required by international humanitarian law,” noted Mr. Okhrimenko.
Unlike the Russian Federation, Ukraine does not hide where and how Russian prisoners are kept.
“The UN monitoring mission and all special rapporteurs visiting Ukraine have the opportunity to see with their own eyes how Ukraine organized the issue of holding enemy prisoners of war,” the military officer emphasized.
The negotiation process on the exchange of prisoners with the aggressor state from Ukraine is led by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners. A separate group from various other departments has been created for this purpose..
“They work together as a single team in order to achieve an exchange of prisoners in the process of communication with the Russian side - let me remind you, unofficial communication, because all diplomatic ties have been severed - to achieve the exchange of prisoners,” Mr. Okhrimenko noted.
It was he who accompanied former Ukrainian prisoners to New York who spoke before members of the UN Security Council.
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According to Mr. Okhrimenko, Ukraine has unique experience in this war, “and we are ready to share”.
Earlier, soldiers of the Ukrainian Defense Forces captured a Russian military man in the Kursk region, who was involved in the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Evgeny Ulantsov from the 40th Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, who is only 21 years old, said that Russian commanders order the execution of prisoners.