The Ombudsman emphasized the need for the ICRC to put pressure on the Russian Federation to ensure compliance with international obligations.
Ukraine received some information about the prisoners from the Russian side. This was said by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, Dmitry Lubinets, in a telethon.
“At the last exchange, we exchanged postcards, together with the Russian countervisan, we simultaneously conducted a survey of prisoners of war returned by Ukraine In the presence of my employees, Russian representatives heard the words of gratitude,” said the ombudsman.
According to him, in the presence of Ukrainian representatives, the Russian side heard about torture, failure to provide medical care and even the loss of limbs due to the lack of timely medical care on the territory of the Russian Federation.
“We hope that there will be a reaction, at least we have planned a discussion with all this information that we heard,” Lubinets emphasized.
He hopes that these measures will lead to the Russian side allowing representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Ukrainian prisoners.
He emphasized the need to put pressure on Russia and the ICRC to ensure compliance with international obligations regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
“I don’t know how much more we have to press the Russians and the ICRC so that the Russians finally start fulfilling their international obligations, and we stop returning our prisoners of war to a horrible physical that condition prisoners in Russia died from torture,” – summed up the ombudsman.
Earlier, Lubinets reported that the Russians had taken another 1,000 children from the Kherson region, allegedly for “health improvement.”
Source: korrespondent
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