Ukraine will establish a new camp for prisoners of war due to the increasing number of invaders captured.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, announced this on his Telegram channel.
Ukraine will open an additional camp for Russian prisoners of war in the near future. The new camp will be set up on the premises of the Mohyliv-Podilskyi corrective colony in the Vinnytsia region.
Due to a large number of Russian prisoners of war, a new POW camp will be opened in Ukraine in the near future. At the same time, preparations are underway to launch another camp, the statement reads.
Previously, this corrective colony detained men sentenced to imprisonment for the first time. Now, according to the Cabinet of Ministers’ order No. 1005-r of November 3, 2023, the Ministry of Justice has been allocated UAH 3,198.6 thousand from the state budget reserve fund to implement measures to re-profile the state institution.
According to the document, the Ministry of Justice must approve a list of expenses related to the implementation of the measures within three days, in agreement with the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance.
It is also reported that, as in the case of the Zakhid-1 prisoner of war camp, the conditions in the new camp will meet all the requirements of international humanitarian law.
The Russian military will be provided with medical care, three meals a day, communication with their families, and constant access to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
In addition, according to the Geneva Convention, the camp is located in the deep rear.
Militarnyi previously reported that Russian prisoners of war have been satisfied with the attitude towards them in places of detention in Ukraine, some were even surprised [with it].
This was stated by Alice Jill Edwards, UN Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
“Ukrainian authorities made efforts to treat Russian prisoners of war with respect. Prisoners of war are placed in barracks-type buildings, they are provided with bed linen, clothes, hygiene products, and food,” said Edwards, speaking about visiting a prison camp in the Lviv region.