Гаряча лінія
Гаряча лінія
Information on the locations of our captured defenders in the Russian Federation has been received from our partner human rights organizations.
Premises of the pre-trial detention center at PKU-IK 1 UFSIN in the Tula region (Komsomolsky settlement) were released for 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The FSB was thoroughly instructed with the administration, and the service was also housed in an institution to "work" with prisoners.
Prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are held in the colonies of the GUFSIN of Russia in the Rostov region. For this purpose, two penitentiaries in the south of Russia were resettled at once - now they are in fact concentration camps for prisoners of war and are being filled at the expense of Ukrainian soldiers captured on the battlefield.
Prisoners of war are monitored by the FSVP, the FSB, the Rosguard, and secret agents from among convicted activists, many of whom have been transferred from the torture chambers of other penitentiaries.
There has been no official conversion of prisons into POW camps, as required by international humanitarian law.
The Vyazemsky Concentration Camp of SIZO-2 (in Vyazma) of the UFSIN in the Smolensk Region has been set aside to hold Ukrainian prisoners of war. It is equipped for torture and interrogation of prisoners of war. Ukrainians will also be detained in the Small Psychiatric Hospital at the SIZO, a well-known torture chamber for the "rebellious" outside Russia.
Human rights activists report the placement of Ukrainians in the UFSIN SIZO-2 in the Bryansk region (Novozybkov), the Taganrog SIZO-2 and the Moscow SIZO.
The placement of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia is in gross violation of Articles 22 and 97 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of violations of the rights of citizens of Ukraine.