According to media reports, the POWs are Ukrainian citizens of Hungarian ethnic backgrounds from the Transcarpathian region of the country.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/23/hungarys-relationship-with-ukraine-strained-by-prisoner-exchange-with-russia

American POWs of the Vietnam War endured unfathomable conditions, abuse, and torture.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/05/22/the-33rd-annual-broadcast-of-americas-national-night-of-remembrance-the-national-memorial-day-concert-may-29-at-8-and-930-pm/

Based on a true story, this 2001 war flick centres on a group of POWs in a Japanese prison camp, building the Burma Railway during the last years of World War II.

Source: https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/movies-on-tv-tonight-may-15-774050

Captured by Moscow during its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the POWs were transferred to Hungary earlier this month, with the help of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/23/hungarys-relationship-with-ukraine-strained-by-prisoner-exchange-with-russia

I wonder if American POWs had shampoo?

Source: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/10/26/cnn-hamas-was-super-duper-nice-to-hostages-n587843

Still restive when the war in Vietnam ended and the POWs held in Hanoi came home, the phrases caught new wind.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/13/magas-revanchist-roots-a-tale-of-tropes/

The Oct. 3, 1945 issue of the Daily Alaska Empire newspaper reports that the surviving Attuan POWs have been released.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/12/26/attus-last-survivor-remembered-for-his-leadership-and-forgiveness/

The released POWs include troops who held out in Mariupol during Moscow’s long siege, officials said.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/world-news/2023/02/04/dozens-of-soldiers-freed-in-russia-ukraine-prisoner-swap/

Unlike Russia, Ukraine cannot afford to properly rotate, replace wounded, and let former POWs end their enlistment.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/dozens-of-pows-freed-as-ukraine-marks-orthodox-easter

When the Russian military retreated from Chernobyl and the rest of the Kyiv region at the end of March, they took Serhii and 167 other POWs with them.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-stalls-war-prisoners-exchange-heat-political-tensions-ukraine-kyiv-says/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication