The real figure could be much higher.
According to Ukrinform, we are talking about 169 military personnel and 15 civilians. Among them, 55 died from the explosion in the Yelenovskaya colony.
However, the real number of deaths, unfortunately, may be several times higher due to systematic torture, isolation and failure of the occupiers to provide proper medical care to prisoners. 122 Ukrainian soldiers testified about the conditions in which they were held by the occupiers.
According to the headquarters, Russia does not allow representatives of monitoring missions, in particular the Red Cross Committee, to communicate with the defenders, who have been in captivity for more than 30 months. The Ukrainian side is not provided with information about the deterioration of the health or death of prisoners. All this is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions.
