Ukraine complies with international law on the detention of prisoners – Painter
Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar spoke about the detention of Russian prisoners of war. During a telethon on March 19, she answered questions about “prisoner of war camps.”
“It sounds, of course, yes – the camps – very loud. In fact, these are places of detention of prisoners of war, the rules of their detention are established by the Geneva Conventions and the rules of treatment of prisoners. At present, Ukraine is on the path to full implementation of normal international humanitarian law, and we, in the opinion of the enemy, will follow all these norms in relation to military captivity, “Malyar said.
She added that due to the fact that several law enforcement agencies are defending against Russian aggression, the overall results on the number of prisoners are still to be verified.
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“Currently, there are several hundred people. So that you understand, the decisions made now on the establishment of the National Information Bureau are also in pursuance of the Geneva Conventions, which will officially submit all approved and finally calculated figures for prisoners of war, “the deputy added.
Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk in an interview TSN named the figure of 562 prisoners. The other day Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said in an interview Russian BBC servicesthat camps are being set up in Ukraine to support prisoners of war.