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Following Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, gulag officers were ordered to be cruel and violent towards Ukrainian prisoners, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. The use of torture against Ukrainian soldiers was confirmed by the UN.
According to the WSJ, Igor Potapenko, the head of the gulag department of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, ordered his officers of the elite units of the department (probably gulag special forces) to be cruel to the arriving prisoners. He noted that the violence would not be limited, and body cameras that could record torture would be removed.
Later, such instructions were received by officers of the gulag service in other regions, in particular in Pskov, Moscow, and Buryatia. Among the officers who monitored the prisoners, there was a rotation - they were not in the same gulag camp for more than a month, the investigation says.
This involved the deaths of 169 military personnel and 15 civilians.
At least 184 Ukrainians have died in Russian captivity since February 2022.
The WSJ cites three former FSVP employees, two of whom were members of special forces and one was a medic. They were placed in witness protection after giving testimony to investigators at the International Criminal Court. Their accounts were supported by documents, interviews with Ukrainian prisoners and a man who helped Russian prison officials escape.
Reports of murders, torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war are regular. In November 2024, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry in Ukraine published a report saying that the Russian authorities and military have repeatedly used and continue to use torture against Ukrainian military personnel and civilians in the territories of Ukraine that are or have been under Russian control.
The Geneva Conventions oblige warring parties to ensure the normal detention of prisoners, prohibit ill-treatment, and oblige them to provide contact with relatives and the opportunity to contact international humanitarian organizations.
Following Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, gulag officers were ordered to be cruel and violent towards Ukrainian prisoners, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. The use of torture against Ukrainian soldiers was confirmed by the UN.
According to the WSJ, Igor Potapenko, the head of the gulag department of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, ordered his officers of the elite units of the department (probably gulag special forces) to be cruel to the arriving prisoners. He noted that the violence would not be limited, and body cameras that could record torture would be removed.
Later, such instructions were received by officers of the gulag service in other regions, in particular in Pskov, Moscow, and Buryatia. Among the officers who monitored the prisoners, there was a rotation - they were not in the same gulag camp for more than a month, the investigation says.
This involved the deaths of 169 military personnel and 15 civilians.
At least 184 Ukrainians have died in Russian captivity since February 2022.
The WSJ cites three former FSVP employees, two of whom were members of special forces and one was a medic. They were placed in witness protection after giving testimony to investigators at the International Criminal Court. Their accounts were supported by documents, interviews with Ukrainian prisoners and a man who helped Russian prison officials escape.
Reports of murders, torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war are regular. In November 2024, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry in Ukraine published a report saying that the Russian authorities and military have repeatedly used and continue to use torture against Ukrainian military personnel and civilians in the territories of Ukraine that are or have been under Russian control.
The Geneva Conventions oblige warring parties to ensure the normal detention of prisoners, prohibit ill-treatment, and oblige them to provide contact with relatives and the opportunity to contact international humanitarian organizations.
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