Russia’s mistreatment of prisoners has been widely reported for years.Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images

Ukraine reveals death toll of prisoners in Russian captivity – POLITICO

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BRUSSELS — At least 177 Ukrainian prisoners have died in Russian captivity since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of the country, according to new figures by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. 

Thousands of others are at great risk.

“The more time they spend in Russian prisons, the closer they are to death,” said Viktoriia Tsymbaliuk, a representative for the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, a branch of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.