Russians "recruited" captives of the Armed Forces in their "volunteer formation" - isw
The report states that on October 27, the so -called "Volunteer" Battalion "Bogdan Khmelnitsky" was able to recruit "a certain number of soldiers who were in captivity. It is about 70 Ukrainian prisoners of war from different Russian colonies. The unit seemed to have begun preparation and after completion of training will be deployed on an indefinite section of the front line. Analysts called such actions by violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of Pursuing.
The document stipulates that "no prisoners of war can hold or be sent to areas where it can fall under fire in the war zone," as well as international right is forbidden to "use it at work that is harmful to health or dangerous nature" . It should be noted that according to the Ukrainian authorities, Russia is held hostage about 25,000 civilian Ukrainians. In the war in Ukraine, the missing disappeared, as the New York Times informs, 26 thousand Ukrainians.
Among them are 11,000 civilians and 15,000 soldiers. According to journalists, some families they communicated with have been looking for news about the missing relatives of relatives for over a year. According to human rights organizations, about 10,000 Ukrainians are kept by Russia as prisoners of war, but their names are unknown. The Russian Federation refuses to provide complete data on the detainees. Ukraine also does not, as it can damage the process of exchange of prisoners.