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By: Philipp Bräuner
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Ukrainian prisoners of war are being traded on a black market by Russia, according to a report.
Chechnya in particular is apparently involved.
Grozny – The Russian military is reportedly trading Ukrainian prisoners of war on a “black market.”
According to a report in The Times
newspaper
, these are sold on and then exchanged for other prisoners of war.
Russia apparently also treats its own soldiers badly.
Ukrainian prisoners of war are to be sold by Russia on the “black market”.
Chechen paramilitary groups in particular are involved in "trafficking" with Ukrainians, spokesman for the Ukrainian Coordination Office for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Petro Yatsenko, told the
Times.
According to this information, the Chechens are buying Ukrainian prisoners from Russia in order to free Chechen prisoners of war from Ukraine.
The central location for the practice is the Chechen capital Grozny.
This thesis cannot be independently verified.
Ukrainian soldiers after their release from captivity.
Russia apparently operates a “black market” in Ukrainian prisoners of war.
© dpa
Among other things, regional dictator Ramzan Kadyrov's special unit “Akhmat” is said to be involved in the illegal practice.
Since these are characterized by particular brutality towards the civilian population and lack of discipline, they are rarely used at the front.
The resulting lack of prisoners of war for exchange would now be compensated for by human trafficking with the Russian army.
Former prisoner of war talks about the Russian “black market” for soldiers
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war who was allegedly sold in such a deal also commented on the issue.
Vyacheslav Levytsky, 41 and a mechanic before the war, told the
Times
: “I was a prisoner of war.
Russia traded me on the black market.”
Levytskyi said he was seriously wounded in a night attack by the Russian army in the forests north of Avdiivka and was later taken prisoner.
To do this, he was taken to Grozny and both of his legs and hands were amputated in the hospital.
After he recovered, he is said to have waited in a basement with 60 other Ukrainians for the prisoner exchange for five Chechens.
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It is likely, but not clear, that the trade in prisoners of war violates the Geneva Convention.
There is no separate article that deals with this question.
However, Article 6 states that "no special agreement (...) may affect the situation of the wounded and sick, as well as members of the medical and pastoral staff (...) or limit the rights granted to them by the Agreement “.
Violations of international law by Russia and Ukraine against prisoners of war
It is well known that the Russian army violated international law in other cases in the Ukraine war.
Evidence of such violations appears again and again, such as the recent video of an execution of Ukrainian soldiers.
When it comes to prisoner of war conditions, abuse and torture appear to be occurring on both sides of the conflict, according to a UN report.
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