Zelenskyy: There are so many POWs that the government has set up a special headquarters

Anastasia Kalatur -  Saturday, 12 March 2022,  00:47

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers established a Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

Source: Presidential address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Verbatim: "The number of captured invaders has already reached such a level that this issue can not be left to the institutions that we had before the war. Therefore, today the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has established a Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war.

Thousands of enemy soldiers who have been captured or surrendered receive the treatment required by international conventions from our state. Though there are so many that a special institution is necessary to deal with all related issues. "

Background: Over 700 Russians are POWs as of the 16th day of war.