The Post went inside a Ukrainian POW camp for Russian troops – who revealed why they signed up to fight in a war they don’t ...

As the full-scale war has dragged on for almost two years, a growing number of captured Russian forces and a freeze in prisoner swaps have led to more and more POW camps popping up across the country.

Russian prisoners of war make garden furniture at a workshop in a POW camp in Western Ukraine in late September 2023. (Photo by Alexander Khrebet/ The Kyiv Independent) ...

Checheliuk, pictured with her dog, suffered for physical abuse and starvation while in multiple Russian POW camps. @zminaUkraine/X. While Checheliuk’s letters got to her family, Nataliia said ...

Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. ... my mind,” Alexander told The Associated Press during a recent visit for several news outlets to Ukraine’s main POW camp, ...

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s POW camps for Russian prisoners are always open to watchdog groups. International Committee of the Red Cross representatives and various groups of journalists visit it nearly ...

Last week, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets announced that Russian prisoners of war (POWs) would no longer be able to make phone calls to relatives. The decision came after recent increases ...

The Post last week went to the largest of Ukraine's five camps for Russian POWs hundreds of miles from the front lines to speak with prisoners about their treatment at the facility, their views on ...

FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) — Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in ...

The Post went inside a Ukrainian POW camp for Russian troops – who revealed why they signed up to fight in a war they don’t support. Caitlin Doornbos. March 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM.

Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don't. ... my mind,” Alexander told The Associated Press during a recent visit for several news outlets to Ukraine’s main POW camp, ...