Moscow-Sana
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin considered that the regime forces in Kyiv do not comply with international law in the treatment of prisoners of war, as they recorded cases of torture, intimidation, beatings, failure to provide medical care and field executions.
Russia Today quoted Fomin as saying that "most of the soldiers who returned from captivity in Ukraine were subjected to physical violence and many of them were deprived of medical care and communication with their families," noting that the Ukrainian Nazis exert psychological pressure on the relatives of the detained soldiers, blackmailing them and demanding money from them.
According to the survey of soldiers returning from captivity, 81 percent of the soldiers were subjected to beatings and physical violence, 55 percent participated by force in filming propaganda videos, 46 percent did not receive the necessary medical care, 79 percent were unable to contact their relatives, and 19 percent of the soldiers were provided with insufficient food or food. Bad.
On the other hand, Fomy announced that negotiations have been organized with Kyiv with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of the dead, as 27 exchanges have been carried out so far.
He pointed out that a permanent medical committee was formed in the Russian Ministry of Defense to examine sick and wounded prisoners of war, working in accordance with the recommendations and principles based on the Geneva Convention.
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