“Ukraine unilaterally handed over 30 civilians to Russia.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: project “I want to live“
Literally: “Yesterday, 14 civilians, citizens of the Russian Federation, were handed over to Russia. Another 16 Russians were handed over today.”
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Details: As mentioned in the project, at the same time, thousands of Ukrainian civilians — women, children, elderly people — are being illegally detained in Russia.
In particular, according to “I want to live”, from the first days of the full-scale invasion, the Russian military systematically took civilians hostage. People were detained, tortured, and then taken to Russia. The Russian side declares a significant part of these people as “prisoners of war” and agrees to return them only in exchange for their servicemen who were captured.
To date, Ukraine has managed to return 372 civilian hostages.
“I want to live” is a project of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the purpose of which is to provide assistance to the Russian military for voluntary surrender. In September 2022, a hotline for applications from Russian military personnel and their families was launched.
Prehistory:
Russian invaders in the Pokrovsky direction they beat and shot a Ukrainian prisoner of war with the butt of a machine gun.