Prisoners of war

How Russia seized the ChNPP: the reconstruction of events and names of responsible

In this investigative material the MIHR researches chronology of seizer of the station, names of involved Russian soldiers, reproduces the route of movement of prisoners of war captured in the exclusion zone, and conditions of their detention to the Russian Federation. And also tries to answer the question: how did it happen that the nuclear facility suddenly ended up in the hands of the enemy.

22 November 2023

Wagner Group. Beyond Accountability

Torture and extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, attacks on civilians, and seizure of critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. MIHR has collected evidence of the Wagner Group’s activities after the full-scale invasion of Russia.

16 October 2023

“Currency” for Wagner: where did the fighters from the 58th Brigade go?

The fate of most of the men who disappeared on the battlefield of 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade unit is unknown. According to family estimates, there are about three thousand of them. In conversations with the MIPL, some suggest that the soldiers are in detention centers in the occupation, on the territory of the Russian Federation, and in captivity with the Wagner Group.

10 October 2023

Sailors from the vessel “Donbas”: An unknown page of the heroic defense of Mariupol

This story began in 2014, when young cadets, who had not betrayed their oath, sang the Ukrainian anthem on the Nakhimov Naval Academy parade ground in Sevastopol. They were singing while the rest of the traitors and the occupiers were replacing the Ukrainian flag with the Russian flag on the flagpole. Eight years later, the former cadets, now sailors, stood up to defend Ukraine. In Mariupol. Side by side with the National Guard and the Azov Regiment.

1 September 2023

Military duty, captivity, death: the tragic story of Sviatoslav Saltykov, military band saxophonist of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade

“Last summer, our entire family shared a dream of Sviatoslav, where he returned home and entered our […]

11 July 2023

“I will Fight to the Death. I will Never Surrender” – the Story of Oleksandr Dubovyk, an Israeli Volunteer Killed by a Wagner Group Member

Forest, trench, two silhouettes. One of them is a Ukrainian soldier, the other one is a Russian […]

20 June 2023

Tula Maximum Security Penal Colony: captured Ukrainians are moved increasingly further away from the border

Maximum Security Penal Colony No. 1 of Tula Oblast is located in Donskoy, a town 240 km […]

6 June 2023

Ryazhsk PDC No. 2: how Ukrainian POWs are tortured in Russia

Ryazhsk is a town in Ryazan Oblast and one of the many points on the Russian map […]

1 June 2023

A lifeless body returned instead of a living prisoner. What happened to Oleksandr Shevchenko in Russian captivity

“It’s a 99.9% DNA match,” a cold voice told Oksana Shevchenko, Chernihiv Oblast, over the phone. This […]

11 May 2023

Crime scene — Kursk: what happens to Ukrainians in the most notorious Russian POW facility

“The worst thing at every pretrial detention center is admission. I was brought to Kursk Pretrial Detention […]

5 May 2023