Human rights defenders have prepared an analytical report on prisoners of the Russian army in Ukraine

As a result of hostilities between the army of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (UAF), soldiers of both sides are captured and being detained.

Currently, there are no official data on the number of military personnel of the Russian Federation (in particular, soldiers of the “people’s militia” of the so-called “LPR” and “DPR”) who are in Ukrainian captivity. The latest figures were announced on March 12 by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi – approximately 500-600 people.

This is stated, in particular, in the original report “Prisoners of the “second army of the world”, prepared by the Luhansk regional human rights center Alternative.

The main goal set by the authors of the report is to provide a general picture of the detained conditions of Russian army soldiers in Ukrainian captivity.

The document is designed to give an understanding of those who fight in the Russian army, what tasks were assigned to the military command of the rank and file, under what circumstances they were captured and what is their personal attitude to the war unleashed by Russia.

Particular attention is paid to the forced mobilization of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian side on the territory of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR”.

The report is available in Ukrainian, English and Russian versions.