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Mariupol
Memory Capsule: Fighting for One’s Soul
A defender of Mariupol’s Azovstal and survivor of Russia’s notorious Olenivka prison describes her experience in captivity and afterwards – how she came to terms with PTSD.
Sept. 28, 2025
OSCE
Russia ‘Arbitrarily’ Executes Ukrainian Prisoners of War: OSCE
The violations also include “torture, ill-treatment, denial of fair trial rights, and unsafe detention and transfer conditions.”
Sept. 26, 2025
War in Ukraine
Another UN Report Details Russia’s Abuse of Detained Ukrainian Civilians
The UN’s human rights office released a report on Tuesday that accuses Russia of subjecting detainees to “widespread and systematic” torture and sexual violence.
Sept. 23, 2025
Zelensky
Talks With Moscow Limited to Prisoner Swaps, Not Ending War – Umerov
Ukraine says talks with Russia are focused only on prisoner swaps, not ending the war, as Kyiv warns of escalating Russian strikes.
Sept. 19, 2025
Russia
Ukraine Repatriates 1,000 Bodies of Fallen Soldiers From Russia
Ukraine has repatriated 1,000 bodies said by Russia to be Ukrainian soldiers fallen in battle. Officials are set to conduct identification of the remains.
Sept. 18, 2025
War in Ukraine
POWs Reveal Why They Fought for Russia and What They Regret
Kyiv Post journalist interviews foreign fighters in Ukraine’s POW camps, revealing why they joined Russia, their frontline experiences, regrets, and hopes for the future.
Sept. 2, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘You Will Never Get Out Alive’ – Former Kherson Mayor on Russian Captivity, Torture
Volodymyr Mykolayenko recounts being abducted, beaten daily, and pressured on camera by Russian propagandists during more than three years in detention.
Aug. 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine Exchange POWs, Civilians
Large-scale prisoner exchanges were the only tangible result of three rounds of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul between May and July.
Aug. 24, 2025
Ukraine
Inside Ukraine’s POW Camp for Russian Soldiers
Join Kyiv Post inside a Ukrainian POW camp, where captured Russian and foreign fighters reveal life behind the fences: their routines, work, meals, and views on the war.
Aug. 21, 2025
Putin
Kyiv Protesters to Trump: Don’t Trade Land – Bring Our People Home
Families of captured Ukrainian defenders make their voices heard and press for international action to help bring their loved ones home.
Aug. 16, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘Grandma, I’m Coming Home’ – Grabbed by Russians at 17, Young Man Returns
As part of the latest prisoner exchange with Moscow, Bohdan Kovalchuk came home from about nine years in a Russian-run penal colony in Toretsk.
Aug. 15, 2025
Zelensky
After Years in Russian Captivity, 84 Ukrainians Freed in Major Prisoner Swap — Some Held Since 2014
Ukraine’s 67th prisoner exchange freed 84 people, including Mariupol defenders and civilians held since 2014, some imprisoned for up to 11 years.
Aug. 14, 2025
Prisoners of War
Two Russian Soldiers Taken Prisoner, Exchanged and Captured Again – on the Same Battlefield
Privates Shagaa Saktaagai and Dmitriy Ivanov returned home after months of detention in Ukraine, and the Russian army sent them right back into combat.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2025
Top News
Moscow Blames Kyiv for POW Swap Delay, Ukraine Says It’s Another Kremlin Lie
Kyiv insists on the “all for all” principle and dismisses Russia’s claims that Ukraine is delaying a prisoner exchange as part of a disinformation campaign.
Aug. 7, 2025
Kyiv
Three Years Since Olenivka: Ukraine Remembers, Families Still Wait
As Kyiv marks the anniversary of the prison massacre that killed over 50 Ukrainian POWs, relatives gather not only to mourn but to remind the world: Many are still in Russian captivity.
July 28, 2025
War in Ukraine
Ukraine Marks Day of Remembrance for Tortured and Executed
Ukraine honors defenders and civilians who died in captivity, vowing justice for Russian war crimes and urging global pressure on Moscow’s brutal treatment of POWs.
July 28, 2025