Lugansk People’s Republic ombudsperson Viktoria Serdyukova has checked the conditions at a place of detention of Ukrainian POWs.
“I've met with Ukrainian servicemen kept in the LPR territory to make sure that they are provided with the necessities and their rights protected under the Geneva Convention, are fully observed,” Serdyukova said in a post on Telegram. “They have hot meals three times a day, get medical help and can watch TV, read, or play chess. They told me that they had not expected such human treatment.”
Many Ukrainian POWs requested to find the whereabouts of their relatives and contact them, the ombudsperson said adding that such assistance would be provided in the near future.
She said that “Ukrainian servicemen’s clothes and footwear are suitable for the season and that they are in satisfactory physical condition which cannot be said about our servicemen in Ukrainian captivity.”
“I reiterate that Russia, in the armed conflict with Ukraine, fully meets the requirements of international humanitarian law for the treatment of prisoners-of-war,” Serdyukova said.
The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014. The peace talks that began soon thereafter failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression on February 24, 2022. Prior to that, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance.
The Lugansk People’s Republic became a part of Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*v
