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Russian region holding Ukrainian Prisoners of War as ‘bargaining chip’

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RFE/RL — Iya Rashevskaya was told her husband — a member of the country’s armed forces – had gone missing in the frontline in the eastern Donetsk region, in April 2023. The news of Serhiy Skotarenko’s disappearance came just a month after he had joined the military, having given up his job abroad. Rashevskaya soon found out that her husband, a native of Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhya region, was alive and being held captive in Chechnya …

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Russian region holding Ukrainian Prisoners of War as ‘bargaining chip’

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Russian Region Holding Ukrainian Prisoners Of War ‘As Bargaining Chip’

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is holding more than 150 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Grozny jails, Kyiv says, accusing him of using the prisoners as a human shield to protect strategic buildings against drone attacks, and leverage in negotiations.

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