Moskalkova: Russian military were tortured and killed in captivity in Ukraine

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatiana Moskalkova, reported cases of deaths of Russian servicemen in Ukrainian captivity as a result of ill-treatment. She stated this on February 7 in an interview with RIA Novosti

"We had a glaring case when our prisoners of war were tortured and died. I raised this issue, the names of these guys are known," Moskalkova said.

The Ombudsman noted that such actions contradict not only international law, but also universal norms. She also said that she appealed to her Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Lubinets to strengthen control over medical care for prisoners, since, according to the released military, they did not always receive the necessary assistance.

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According to him, 55,000 soldiers have been killed in four years.

On the same day, Belarus reported that several Russian servicemen who had returned from Ukrainian captivity as part of an exchange were admitted in serious condition to a medical facility in the country. During the diagnosis, one of them was found to have intra-abdominal bleeding with a biphasic rupture of the spleen.

On February 5, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russia had returned 157 servicemen from Ukrainian captivity, and in return, 157 prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been transferred. It was noted that the returned Russian servicemen are in Belarus, they are being assisted.

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