“Russia systematically limits the access of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICCH) to Ukrainian prisoners of war, and at the infrequent moments when visits were allowed, only demonstrates those prisoners in relatively good condition, hiding sick, crippled and victims of ill -treatment.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: OSCE Moscow’s Independent Expert Mission Report, Ukrinform reports
Details: According to members of the mission, the ICCH does not have free and unobstructed access to the maintenance of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Professor Erve Asensio noted that cooperation with the Russian side is “very complex”. Although certain visits of the Red Cross were held, they were few, did not cover all places of detention and were conducted without full access to all prisoners.
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Professor Veronica Belkova added that the situation with access “is much worse than it should be by legal standards.” ICCH representatives are often not allowed to communicate with the prisoners alone, which is a gross violation of international standards, since it makes it impossible to obtain true information about the conditions of detention.
The key conclusion based on the evidence of the liberated Ukrainians is that the Russian authorities manipulates the ICCH. Professor Mark Klaberg said that former prisoners of war confirm that during the inspections they were only shown to those who were “in good condition”.
“There was no access to those who were ill or ill -treated.
In addition to physical admission, Russia hides information about prisoners. According to Belkova, the Russian National Information Bureau, created at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for collecting data on prisoners, works opaque.
Direct protein language: “In every state -of -war state, the National Information Bureau should be created to gather information about captured enemy. In Ukraine, it is created and collects data, including Russian prisoners. Information about the Ukrainian bureau is easy to find on the Internet, there is even a website. Instead, there is almost no information about the Russian Bureau.”
Details: The OSCE Expert Mission report emphasizes that the practice of conducting the Russian Federation with Ukrainian prisoners of war, which includes execution, systematic torture, deprivation of the right to fair court and retention in inhuman conditions, indicates war crimes, and in some cases.