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On the north side of the Cemetery is situated Field of Mars (No. 1 on the plan), a war memorial built in 1974. This war memorial originally the graves of 3,800 Soviet soldiers who died in the battles against the Nazi occupiers during World War II) (named Great Patriotic War in Soviet ideology [4]) and against units of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) (acting up to the mid-1950s).
In early 2010, there were over 147,000 people in prison and more than 38,000 in pre-trial detention facilities in Ukraine, a total three times that of Western European countries, [5] and half as much as in the United States. In 2009, the number of inmates in Ukraine rose for the first time in seven years.
Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing their anger on Sunday at a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of an explosion that killed ...
A mass grave containing at least 47 soldiers that were brutally massacred following the Battle of Lützen of the Thirty Years' War, in the 17th century, which was Europe's deadliest religious conflict, was exhumed and reported in 2017 of PLOS One magazine. Archaeological and osteological analyses found that the soldiers ranged in age from 15 ...
A new law means commanders can now turn to prisons in search of convicts to recruit as soldiers. From prison to the trenches: Inside Ukraine’s attempt to turn inmates into soldiers Skip to main ...
Ukraine, whose population of about 38 million compares with Russia's 144 million, has struggled to recruit enough soldiers, particularly to fight in frontline positions where they bear the brunt ...
Olenivka prison massacre: 29 July 2022 Molodizhne, Donetsk Oblast Russia: 53–62 POWs during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a building housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in a Russian-operated prison in Molodizhne near Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast, was destroyed, killing 53 to 62 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and leaving 75 to 130 wounded. [11]
The case marks a rare example of Russia admitting to a crime committed by its troops in Ukraine. Russia soldiers who massacred Ukraine family get life in prison Skip to main content