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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion ripped through the Russian-controlled Olenivka prison barracks two years ago, killing more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving dozens injured. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pows-prison-prisoners-15561a6d5cafc5b61a1f2643009c2a2c over [...]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The former prisoners of war still puzzle over the strange events leading up to the night now seared into their memories, when an explosion ripped through [...]

London: Anglia Ruskin University has issued the following news release: Partnership with Peterborough Museum is first to focus on items made by prisoners A new research project aims to shed [...]

Byline: Samantha de Bendern On 24 January, an IL-76 Russian strategic airlifter crashed 44 miles from the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border. Many questions surround the [...]

Ukraine has opened a criminal investigation into the downing of a Russian military transport plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) as the Kremlin raised questions [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Radio Free Asia: Those found guilty of war crimes in closed hearings could face the death penalty. By RFA Burmese 2024.02.29 [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Friday to make public the findings of Moscow's investigation into the https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-crash-transport-plane-pows-0c878e65e1690c8857e314921a6b047a that he alleged Kyiv’s forces shot down despite having been informed that Ukrainian [...]

Six additional Ukrainian prisoners of war were determined to have been put to death. United Nations investigators have verified six additional Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the [...]

The U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture said Moscow's refusal to address the issue represented tacit approval of its use. Russia has denied it practices torture. Torture perpetrated by Russian officers [...]

Byline: Martin Bright and Antony Barnett The full horrors of the only Nazi concentration camps to exist on British soil will finally be investigated in an official government inquiry, the [...]

The U.N. mission monitoring human rights in Ukraine said it was “appalled” by the video, which appeared to record the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier by Russian troops. Ukrainian officials [...]

The white speedboat pulled close to the riverbank in eastern Ukraine and disgorged a half-dozen Ukrainian soldiers carrying their rifles, their packs and the look of exhaustion that comes from [...]

The white speedboat pulled close to the riverbank in eastern Ukraine and disgorged a half-dozen Ukrainian soldiers carrying their rifles, their packs and the look of exhaustion that comes from [...]

Byline: Alex Horton WASHINGTON - An American military veteran captured by Russian forces in Ukraine is being held in solitary confinement but appears hopeful the U.S. government is pursuing his [...]

Byline: By, Will Stewart Ukrainian officials have opened a probe into allegations that Russian prisoners of war were tortured. A sickening video shared widely on social media appears to show [...]

Byline: Daniel Boffey in Lviv Video footage purporting to show the torture of Russian prisoners of war is being investigated by the Ukrainian government. The film, which has not been [...]

Byline: Dan Lamothe Ukrainian border guards who insulted Russian forces this week in a recorded exchange that went viral may not have been killed, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, contradicting an [...]

London: UK Government has issued the following news release: Summary: While turning 90deg between two narrow taxiways the right main landing gear left the paved surface, causing damage to taxiway [...]

(JURIST) - UN Secretary General Antnio Guterres Wednesday announced a fact-finding mission into a recent attack on a Ukrainian prison. The rocket strike hit a prison located in Olenivka, a [...]

Byline: SHERI WALSH The United Nations announced it will form a fact-finding team to study Thursday's rocket attack that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donbas. UN Secretary-General [...]

The United Nations expressed its readiness to send experts to the Donbass to investigate the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in the village of Yelenovka. This was reported in [...]

Byline: Daniel Boffey Mar 28, 2022 (The Guardian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Russia has been accused of staging videos that appear to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting three Russian prisoners [...]

Byline: Joyce Sohyun Lee; Jon Swaine; Miriam Berger The camera moves over a scene of misery. Men in Russian military uniforms lie bloody on the ground, stunned, with mangled legs. [...]

Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Seven years of impunity: what is wrong with investigation of cases of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donbas?' On Thursday, September 30, at 11.00, the [...]

Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'Seven years of impunity: what is wrong with investigation of cases of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donbas?' On Thursday, September 30, at 11.00, the [...]

When it left Vietnam in 1973, the South Korean military said none of its soldiers had been taken prisoner. It took Ahn Yong-soo decades to change the narrative. SEOUL, South [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Freedom House: The fate of nearly 200 Armenians reportedly in Azerbaijani custody remains unclear amid reports of abuse and humiliation, months after [...]

MI6 is reportedly set to face another criminal investigation into allegations that its officers were party to the torture of Guantanamo detainees. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has agreed to launch [...]

Byline: Brittany Lyte HONOLULU - A Christmas card arrives every December in Bill Belcher's mailbox, sent by the daughter of a 1940s fighter pilot he unearthed in the mountains of [...]

Byline: Paul Vass Files showing how the RAF fought to avenge the murders of 50 Great Escape PoWs are up for auction. The dossier was compiled by the RAF Special [...]

Byline: Missy Ryan Nearly two dozen former detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison have disappeared from public view, largely cut off from the outside world since their transfer to [...]