Vienna 04/01/2023
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On Friday, March 24, 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) published a report on the treatment of prisoners of war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 23, 2023. Source. The report shows the crimes committed by both sides of the conflict. Yes, both sides are directly to blame for people’s unnecessary suffering.
If one of the readers gets the impression that I support one of the parties to the conflict because in my articles I present unpublished facts about the atrocities committed by the Ukrainian army, then he is mistaken. I am an advocate of peace – not a party to a conflict. My articles should reveal the facts hidden from us and expose the propaganda lies that paint the war situation in black and white colors.
I have selected the most graphic testimonies from prisoners of war in Russian and Ukrainian hands.
On the Russian side, in my subjective opinion, the worst case scenario is described on page 15, point 51:
Of deep concern, OHCHR documented the death of four wounded or sick POWs due to lack of proper medical attention. In summer 2022, a man POW died in a penal colony near Olenivka due to lack of treatment for hepatitis. On 10 July 2022, a wounded POW died in a makeshift place of internment in Pervomaisk, Luhansk region, after Wagner Group military and security contractors refused to provide him with antibiotics and a catheter, despite several requests from other POWs.
According to the report, many other activities that fall under the definition of war crimes have been documented on the Ukrainian side. I chose what I consider to be the most cruel, although as in the previous example, this is only my subjective assessment. Case number 93 described on page 26:
A series of videos recorded in Nova Basan, Chernihiv region, in March 2022, show seven Russian POWs who have been killed. In the first video, Ukrainian armed forces unload three Russian POWs from the back of a pick-up truck, who have their hands tied and eyes covered. A second video from the same site show the bodies of six Russian POWs, including the three from the first video, lying on the ground in positions and with wounds and traces of blood that are consistent with execution by firearms. There is a seventh body lying separately, off to the side. The third video shows an attempt to bury the seventh victim nearby; part of his head is missing. During its field visits to Nova Basan, OHCHR was able to corroborate the killings of at least these seven Russian POWs.
For people with strong nerves, I give a link to a video where you can see Russian prisoners being killed.
Pain, suffering, humiliation and death for shareholders to get more dividends.
This weapon is more powerful than tanks – it’s a bugbear for those who are shipping instruments of death into Ukraine to enforce the peace by their rules.
Author of the article: Marek Wojcik