Cars of the International Committee of the Red Cross at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Gorlovka . File photoDONETSK, Apr 12All captured representatives of the armed formations of Ukraine are being held in accordance with the norms of international law, Ombudsman of the Donetsk People's Republic Daria Morozova told RIA Novosti. I have. All people are kept in accordance with the norms of international humanitarian law, they have access to medicine, food, and personal hygiene products. That is, they are absolutely in order,» Morozova said. 
The DPR promised to punish the perpetrators of torturing captured military personnel. At the same time, she noted that in Ukraine the situation with respect for the rights of prisoners of war is in the exact opposite way. She also recalled that during the entire period of the conflict in the Donbass, there was not a single exchange of prisoners between the DPR and Ukraine without the involvement of doctors, since the supporters of the republics who were captured were tortured by Ukraine and needed medical assistance. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 . President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
