A recent exchange of prisoners of war (POWs) between Ukraine and Russia has brought attention to the stark differences in the treatment of captives by both nations. Ukrainian soldiers, some held for over two years, returned home appearing tired and exhausted, while Russian soldiers released from Ukrainian captivity seemed well-fed and healthy. Reports indicate that Ukrainian POWs faced severe mistreatment, including starvation, beatings, and psychological abuse. One harrowing account describes a Ukrainian officer, Mariana Checheliuk, who was starved, beaten, and tortured during her two-year captivity. In contrast, footage shows Russian POWs arriving in Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation. Additionally, there are reports of Russian soldiers recording themselves abusing Ukrainian POWs in the Kharkiv region, including mock executions. The exchange has highlighted the ongoing humanitarian concerns and the need for international oversight in the treatment of POWs. The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has been actively involved in these efforts.
russians post an 18+ video of them mistreating Ukrainian PoWs. Including a mock execution. #NaziRussia #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/aJNltUF4Zo
Ukrainian POW tells about his time in Russian prisons The torture was relentless, with constant interrogations. During daily checks, we had to run, and they would hit us on the backside and everywhere The worst was the interrogation when they set my hand on fire 1/ https://t.co/Q6p6qCn2Ci
Ukrainian officer weeps as she’s freed from Russian captivity after two years: ‘Starved, beaten and abused’ https://t.co/65RjwCr9eA https://t.co/xLE7mTK4Zd
Russian soldiers film themselves as they abuse and mock execute Ukrainian prisoners of war near Kharkiv https://t.co/cNmleryQ4q
‼️ Russians abuse Ukrainian POWs on Kharkiv direction Russian propagandists have started spreading such a video. https://t.co/Oi8FBvXuY2
"I spoke to hundreds of ppl who survived Russian captivity. They told me how they were beaten, raped, stuffed into wooden boxes, their fingers were cut, their nails pulled out, their knees drilled,. One woman told me how her eye was dug out with a spoon." https://t.co/zQwTHRqbin https://t.co/pUvwgUGLq0
🤬🤬🤬 Russians mock Ukrainian prisoners and force them to sing the anthem of the Soviet Union https://t.co/zRmqrgxrB2
Kidnapped Ukrainian policewoman's two years of hell being tortured by Putin's forces: Emaciated officer, 24, starved and beaten after she was abducted while fleeing Mariupol weeps as she finally returns home https://t.co/fRwlpTOP8j https://t.co/vBBNGEhFuN
Russian soldiers record themselves abusing Ukrainian POWs in Kharkiv region. https://t.co/fsSVtwRCNr
A 24-year-old investigator from Mariupol, Mariana Checheliuk, who was released from Russian captivity, reads a poem dedicated to her mother. The girl wrote these lines while in captivity. 📹: The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War https://t.co/6hc8orA2my https://t.co/LpCRZcrRW3
One of the Ukrainian soldiers that was released yesterday from Russian captivity after 2 years of imprisonment. Russia is systematically starving Ukrainian POWs https://t.co/5lPjalQxVC
Footage of the arrival in Moscow of military personnel released from Ukrainian captivity to undergo treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense. https://t.co/WcIPnLgzsb
Ukrainian soldiers in russian captivity or after it. Now compare how tired and exhausted our soldiers are when they return home from captivity. And what well-fed and healthy russian prisoners of war return from Ukraine to russia during the exchange. And you will no longer have… https://t.co/56j35AsKY5
Ukrainians soldiers return to Ukraine after a POW exchange. Many of them had been held for 2 years or more https://t.co/cxSld2w3lw
Ukrainian POW pictured after returning from Russian captivity. Never again? https://t.co/Yo1Oy1VhtR