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The Ukrainians 'disappearing' in Russia's prisons
BBC ^ | 10 Feb 2024 | Olga Prosvirova & Zhanna Bezpyatchuk

Posted on 02/10/2024 4:52:13 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Buzynov brothers, their mother, and Mykyta's girlfriend fled their home in Chernihiv in the north of the country to avoid the conflict. They went to the village of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske, but by early March, Russian soldiers arrived there too. "We've come to liberate you from your government. Putin is cool," the soldiers exclaimed.

Volodymyr says the soldiers searched the village, confiscating phones and accusing his family of sharing the location of the Russian army - something they all deny. Then, Volodymr says, the soldiers set up what sounded like a fake execution.

"They took my brother Mykyta and others behind some trees and told them to line up against a wall, yelling: 'Get ready! Aim!' Then they took Mykyta's girlfriend Kateryna, and made her kneel next to him. Aiming a rifle at her head, they said to my brother: 'If you don't confess, we'll shoot her.'"

Volodymyr says that was the last time he saw Mykyta. "He may have confessed to save his girlfriend because they let her go. They told us: 'He admitted everything. He's facing up to 15 years in prison.'"

According to the Ukrainian government, as of November 2023 there were 4,337 Ukrainians in Russian captivity. Most were military personnel, but 763 were civilians. However, there is no official list of their names and Ukrainian authorities rely on data from the Red Cross.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: abuse; gulag; hunkamaximus; murder; olgaprosvirova; prisoners; russia; zhannabezpyatchuk
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Geneva Convention? We don' need no steenkin' Geneva Convention!
1 posted on 02/10/2024 4:52:13 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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Geneva Convention? We don' need no steenkin' Geneva Convention!

Smells like zeeper BS.

2 posted on 02/10/2024 4:57:40 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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Ukrainian soldier released from Russian captivity after 20 months.

This is what Putin should be interviewed about


3 posted on 02/10/2024 4:57:54 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Gonzalo got even worse than that in a Ukrainian prison.


4 posted on 02/10/2024 5:04:09 AM PST by dforest
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I read that they’re disappearing from the battlefield, also.


5 posted on 02/10/2024 5:04:23 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

bttt


7 posted on 02/10/2024 5:08:02 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

8 posted on 02/10/2024 5:08:07 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I care so much about the US, that all I do is post about Ukraine everyday.


9 posted on 02/10/2024 5:12:27 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

The propaganda war continues.


10 posted on 02/10/2024 5:14:04 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: dforest

Actually, this is pretty clever on the part of the Neocons. Rather than admitting that the Ukrainians are being sent to their deaths by their own government, claim they are prisoners and are being killed in captivity by the Russians.


11 posted on 02/10/2024 5:23:02 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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13 posted on 02/10/2024 5:35:36 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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And the UKs shot down a plane load of Ukraine POW’s on way for exchange.

Nazi’s be Nazis


14 posted on 02/10/2024 5:38:45 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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Wed must not forget the poor Ukrainian prisoners that are dead because Ukraine shot down the plane they were being transported on.

This hogwash about Ukraine having some kind of moral high ground is a joke.

There isn’t anything moral about war on eiher side.


16 posted on 02/10/2024 5:40:11 AM PST by dforest
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I heard they throw babies out of incubators! And they catch Belgian babies on bayonets! And then they sunk the USS Maine! To ARMS lads!


17 posted on 02/10/2024 5:50:27 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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This hogwash about Ukraine having some kind of moral high ground is a joke. There isn’t anything moral about war on eiher side.

LOL, yes its what Putin is arguing, invaded countries like Poland in WW2, were responsible for starting the war. Okay

"Hitler just wanted to 'realize his plans' and Poland was 'uncooperative' and 'forced' Hitler to attack and start World War II, Putin said.

18 posted on 02/10/2024 5:55:43 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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You are lying. He didn’t get a deportation notice or free passage. He also was not treated for his illness.

He tried to deport himself to Hungary and Ukraine dragged him back into the prison to let him die.

That is what the truth is.

Some of you Zeepers are wound too tight. Take you foul mouth and give it a rest.

All you have done is make people more sick of Ukraine.


19 posted on 02/10/2024 5:56:20 AM PST by dforest
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To: tlozo

This thread is not about that interview. Take it to one of those threads.


20 posted on 02/10/2024 5:57:20 AM PST by dforest
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