Ukraine showed the conditions of detention of Russian captives: details from the camp

Russian occupiers are held in Ukrainian captivity according to international standards. During an 'open door day' for the media at the colony in western Ukraine, journalists visited the camp, where they showed the conditions in which the Russians are kept. According to Petro Yatsenko, a representative of the Coordination Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, the detention conditions comply with the norms of the Geneva Conventions.

Journalists inspected the church, sanitary unit, 'store', and living blocks in the camp for the forced detention of captives.

«This is a Greek-Catholic church, but Russians can pray here – the rituals are similar,» explained Petro Yatsenko.

Captives go through a dispenser where they are provided with a robe and hygiene items. Personal belongings are kept in bags with tags to track their owners. Shower cabins are equipped with separate curtains.

«All these bags are tagged, here are the names, they later find their clothes according to these names when they go for exchange. They are allowed to keep various decorations, chains, rings. One was with an earring in his ear. We do not take anything from them, according to the Geneva Conventions,» emphasized the representative of the Coordination Headquarters.

Captives cook food and grow vegetables in greenhouses. For this work, they receive about 300 hryvnias a month and can receive money from relatives in their personal accounts. The sanitary unit is equipped with medical technology, and on the walls, there is a box for complaints and wishes.

Captives on 'politics' and citizenship

During communication, most captives could not explain the reasons for aggression, calling the war 'politics' or simply stating that 'It happened as it happened'.

Mercenary for a passport

Talibdzhun from Tajikistan admitted that he went to war for the sake of obtaining Russian citizenship, following 'the most worthy path for me'.

Ukrainian collaborators

Military personnel who fought on the side of the Russian Federation, posing as Ukrainians, behaved aggressively. One of them even expressed a desire to occupy Ukraine.

Recidivist convict

Sergiy Dmitriev, previously convicted multiple times from the Yaroslavl region, could also not explain Russia's 'intervention'.

Petro Yatsenko emphasized that adherence to the norms of the treatment of prisoners of war is one of the distinctions between Ukraine and Russia in this war. Oleksandr Korneyev, who again found himself in Ukrainian captivity, is a twice-convicted individual. He became a participant in the war after being released from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for the murder of two people.