A camp for prisoners of war from Russia
In the institutions of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine, 51 sites were formed to hold prisoners of war of Russian invaders.
Sites for Russian captives are located in almost every region of Ukraine. There is also one camp located in the western part of the country. The Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Malyuska spoke about this on the air of a single telethon.
He stressed that the camp for prisoners of war is guarded. For captive kafirs, Ukraine has created proper living conditions and organized medical support.
How captive Russians live: photo of the Ministry of Justice
Prisoners of war working
Denys Malyuska said that the captured Russian soldiers are working for the benefit of the Ukrainian society. In particular, they are engaged in woodworking.
It is important that prisoners of war work. They don't spend their being just staring up at the ceiling. They are engaged in woodworking and benefit the Ukrainian society. – said the Kid.
According to him, if due to the state of war it is impossible to deliver prisoners of war directly to the camp for the detention of such persons, prisoners of war can temporarily stay in the areas established in penitentiary institutions and pre-trial detention centers of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine.
In addition, those prisoners of war about whom there is information about their exchange in the near future are sent to the stations.
In such areas, prisoners of war are kept in separate rooms in correctional colonies of the minimum security level with general conditions of detention, medium and maximum security levels, as well as in pre-trial detention centers, but are isolated from other convicts and people taken into custody.
The conditions of detention both in the camp and in the areas for keeping prisoners of war, the rules for the treatment of these persons correspond to their status and are based on the requirements of international humanitarian law. After all, including in the matter of the treatment of prisoners of war, we cannot behave like barbarians. Because we are a civilized country, we are part of the European community, – said Malysh.
Also in Ukraine, they hope that proper maintenance of Russian prisoners encourages the Kremlin to keep our citizens in similar conditions.
How much does it cost to maintain one prisoner
Every month, Ukraine spends about 3,000 hryvnias to receive one prisoner. Their maintenance is financed from the reserve fund of the State Budget of Ukraine.
Ukraine is gradually returning Ukrainians home
- On June 18, another exchange of prisoners took place. It was possible to return home 5 civilian Ukrainians who fell into the hands of the enemy. The body of one dead soldier was also returned.
- On June 17, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that paramedic Yulia Paevskaya with the call sign “Taira” had been released from captivity.
- On June 13 the 11th exchange of prisoners took place . Most of those who returned home are military men.
- Also recently, Oleg Pilipenko, the head of the Shevchenko UTC of the Nikolaev region, was fired. He was in enemy captivity for more than 2 months – from March 10.
