World Aug 01 Thailand returns 2 wounded soldiers to Cambodia keeps holding 18 others prisoner By Sopheng Cheang, Jintamas Saksornchai, Associated Press
World May 25 Ukraine and Russia complete 3rd prisoner swap hours after major Russian aerial assault Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the third and last part of a major exchange that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the more than three years of war. By Samya Kullab, Oleksii Yeroshenko, Associated Press
World Apr 19 Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war as Putin announces Easter ceasefire Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine starting Saturday, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of captured soldiers in the largest exchange since Moscow's full-scale invasion started over three years ago. By Associated Press
World Jul 29 Ukrainians honor soldiers killed in blast and demand government to get prisoners of war freed from Russia Ukrainians are urging their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war. By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press
World Jan 25 Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over fatal plane crash that Moscow says carried Ukrainian POWs Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations over the crash of a military transport plane that Moscow said was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv's forces. By Associated Press
Apr 16 130 Ukrainian POWs freed in Easter prisoner exchange with Russia By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its full-scale war more than… Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:44 Patriotic tattoos become a liability for Ukrainians amid reports of Russian torture By Simon Ostrovsky, Dan Sagalyn Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, some Ukrainians got tattoos to show support for their country. But as the war drags on, those patriotic symbols have become a liability. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. Continue watching
Jul 30 Red Cross seeks access to Ukraine POW prison as Russian missiles rain down elsewhere By Susie Blann, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross have a duty to react after shelling of a prison complex in Donetsk province killed the POWS. Continue reading
Dec 29 Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war By Evgeniy Maloletka, Associated Press Ukraine turned over 124 people and the separatists freed 76, according to figures from officials of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics, the two separatist governments in the rebel area. Continue reading
Jul 19 Mitsubishi apologizes for using American POWs as laborers in WWII By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Senior executives from Mitsubishi Materials held a press conference at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles on Sunday to formally apologize for using American prisoners of war as forced laborers during World War II. Continue reading