Pending a negotiated prisoner exchange, Ukraine estimates that about 7,000 prisoners of war may currently be held in Russian detention centers. Specialists are preparing to accept mostly exhausted and tortured Ukrainians. That Russia no longer applies the previous rules to prisoners of war and tortures them is confirmed by Russians who worked in prisons.
Pending a negotiated prisoner exchange, Ukraine estimates that about 7,000 prisoners of war may currently be held in Russian detention centers. Specialists are preparing to accept mostly exhausted and tortured Ukrainians. That Russia no longer applies the previous rules to prisoners of war and tortures them is confirmed by Russians who worked in prisons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that a new prisoner exchange with Russia, mediated by the United States, is already being prepared.