Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today that 175 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been released from Russian detention and are returning home.

Russia has sentenced five Ukrainian prisoners of war to 15 to 18 years in prison for their alleged involvement in a 2024 incursion into Kursk.

One of the Ukrainian prisoners of war repatriated from Moscow on Wednesday appeared at Viktor Orbán's meeting in Debrecen and, when asked what message he would send to the Ukrainian president, replied 'Death'.

Russia has released two ethnic Hungarian Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary following a meeting between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, a move condemned by Kyiv as a 'provocation'.

Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman stated at the UN Human Rights Council that Russia has deliberately and brutally executed at least 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

A solidarity action took place in Warsaw to support Ukrainian military prisoners and those missing due to Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

A Hungarian public media program on the horrors of war featured videos of Hungarian-speaking Ukrainian prisoners of war praising the Russian army's good treatment.

A Russian general is facing accusations of boasting about torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war, allegedly sending photos of severed ears to his wife.

Konstantin Efremov, a former Russian military officer, has spent three years in the U.S. after leaving the military and publicly detailing the torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war during Russia's invasion.

A Russian court in Rostov has sentenced three Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Azov brigade to lengthy prison terms ranging from 18 to 29 years on terrorism charges.

Ukraine announced that 300 Ukrainian prisoners of war and two civilians returned home from Russian captivity on Friday, March 6, marking the second day of exchanges following recent talks.

Ukraine's foreign ministry summoned Hungary's chargé d'affaires to seek more information about the circumstances surrounding the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war, which Kyiv described as political PR.

Ukraine's human rights commissioner stated that Russian forces executed 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war by the end of 2025.

Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war remain in Russian prisons, with Moscow not releasing lists of detainees, leaving many families, like those of Ljudmyla Parmočenková and Inna Studenecová, in uncertainty about their loved ones' fate.

A delegation of Cypriot parliamentarians met wih former Ukrainian prisoners of war in Nicosia on Tuesday, to reaffirm the republic’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty. House foreign affairs committee

An RFE/RL investigation revealed messages showing a Russian general, promoted by Putin, sent his wife a photo of severed ears taken from Ukrainian prisoners of war, which she reportedly likened to beer snacks.

An investigation has revealed the individuals behind Russian-language Telegram channels that disseminate graphic videos from the Ukraine front, including killings of Ukrainian prisoners of war and desecration of bodies.

An activist working for the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war recalls how journalists initially downplayed the number of Ukrainian POWs at the beginning of the war, even from opposition media.

Ukraine describes Russia's transfer of two Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary as a 'provocation'.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has said it will establish the facts around reports that Russia has handed over to Hungary two Ukrainian prisoners of war who also hold Hungarian citizenship.

As of the end of 2025, Russian forces had executed 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets.

Former Ukrainian prisoners of war testified in the Saxon state parliament in Germany, detailing systematic torture by Russian forces, including the use of cold and hunger as weapons.

A Russian soldier has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kyiv court for committing a war crime by executing two Ukrainian prisoners of war.