At least 50 captured fighters died in a blast at a prison in eastern Ukraine, with no clarity on exactly what happened and each country blaming the other.
Tag: Prisoners of War
Fears rise for a rights activist captured while fighting for Ukraine.
Russian propaganda has demonized Maksym Butkevych, a former journalist and campaigner who was taken prisoner in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk.
Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War
For 80 days, at a sprawling steelworks, a relentless Russian assault met unyielding Ukrainian resistance. This is how it was for those who fought, and for those trapped beneath the battlefield.
A More Muscular NATO Emerges as West Confronts Russia and China
It is a fundamental shift for a military alliance born in the Cold War and scrambling to respond to a newly reshaped world.
Ukraine Announces Prisoner Exchange, Including Mariupol Fighters
Officials said 144 Ukrainian soldiers, many of them seriously injured, were released in an exchange for the same number of Russian and proxy forces.
Kremlin Calls Captured Americans ‘Soldiers of Fortune’
Moscow says the Americans who fought for Ukraine are not regular soldiers who would be covered by the Geneva Conventions, calling their conduct criminal.
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine Face Perils if Captured
Thousands of foreign fighters have gone to fight for Ukraine, but not all join its International Legion. Russia has maintained that some of foreign fighters it has captured are mercenaries.
‘Dead Cities’ Become the Flashpoint for the Fierce War in the East
President Volodymyr Zelensky has framed the battle in Sievierodonetsk as pivotal to the broader fight for the Donbas. Amid relentless Russian attacks, Ukraine holds on and waits for Western weapons.
Foreign Fighters Sentenced to Death in Russia-Held Eastern Ukraine
Legal experts said the death sentences appeared calculated to discourage foreign volunteers from joining Ukraine’s military.