It is noteworthy that Ukraine provided the UN with access to the places of detention of Russian prisoners of war.

The head of the UN human rights mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, confirmed on Friday that Russia does not provide access to prisoners of war . At the same time, the organization has evidence of ill-treatment of the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is equivalent to war crimes.

She spoke about this during a briefing in Geneva on Friday, Reuters quotes .

UN observers had unhindered access to places where Russian prisoners of war were kept, but there were problems with access to Ukrainian prisoners of war.VIDEO OF THE DAYplay video

“The Russian Federation has not provided access to prisoners of war who are being held on its territory or in territories under occupation. This is all the more alarming since prisoners of war were subjected to torture and ill-treatment by the Russian Federation,” Bogner said.

According to her, the Ukrainian military go through the so-called “welcome” procedure, when they are forced to walk or run between the rows of Russian guards, who take turns beating them, the UAF fighters are also beaten when they enter the premises.

The team also received information about cases of infectious diseases, in particular hepatitis A or tuberculosis, in the Yelenovka penal colony, where Ukrainian fighters are being held.

Bogner called on Russia to release, for humanitarian reasons, four pregnant female soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are in Russian captivity in the occupied territories.

As UNIAN reported earlier, at the end of July, Russia carried out a terrorist act in the Yelenovskaya colony, killing more than fifty Ukrainian prisoners of war.

40 days after the war crime, Russia did not provide data on the dead soldiers. Previously, the defenders of Azovstal in Mariupol were among the dead.

(C)UNIAN 2022