Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Jan. 26 that during the planned exchange of POWs two days earlier Moscow was to return to Ukraine 65 people from one of the lists Russian propagandists shared after the crash of Il-76 transport plane in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.
Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has confirmed the authenticity of a video in which a Russian soldiers is seen using Ukrainian POWs as human shields, the New Voice of Ukraine reported on Dec. 27.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor?s Office has launched an investigation into the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers near Zaporizhzhia.
The last major prisoner exchange was in August, but Ukrainian families are getting calls from POWs held by Russia asking them to protest against the Ukrainian government.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that several Palestinian prisoners (including children and elderly) taken from Gaza have died in Israeli custody.
Those detained there are kept in fenced compounds with their eyes covered and hands cuffed for most of the day, and in their prison compounds the light is on all night long.
It's reported that more than a thousand Palestinian over the age of 15 were kidnapped from Gaza into Israeli.
The news came after a video surfaced that was subsequently republished by RFE/RL depicting what appeared to be unarmed Ukrainian POWs being forced to walk at gunpoint toward Ukrainian lines.
Kirill Popov, the first deputy head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service's Moscow branch, is likely to have overseen the work of the Olenivka POW camp, located in the occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine will soon open a new detention center for Russian prisoners of war due to the rising number of POWs, the state-run "I want to live" project reported on Nov. 7.
W dzisiejszym odcinku Programów Obadania Wartych chciałem polecić wam program, którego używam do ogarniania swoich finansów, a w bonusie dorzucam trzy inne apki tego samego autora.
Editor’s note: The location of the prisoner of the war detention center is undisclosed for security reasons. The Kyiv Independent got vocal recorded agreement from the prisoners of the war to be interviewed and identified in the story. Undisclosed location in Western Ukraine – Private Alexey Girkin massages his knee
According to echofm.online #Russia has 'included the former mayor of #Kherson Igor #Kolykhaev to the list of prisoners of war #POW , the Red Cross told his son. After the #Ukrainian city was captured by the Russian military last spring, the mayor refused to cooperate with the occupying forces and was detained. There was no news about him for more than a year. Kolykhaev's whereabouts are still unknown.' #UkraineWar#Ukraine
According to recent estimates, roughly 90% of Ukrainian prisoners of war have been subjected to torture, rape, threats of sexual violence, or other forms of ill-treatment.
🛡️ Tor Implements Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services 🧅🔒
Tor, known as The Onion Router, has taken a significant stride in enhancing its defense against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The introduction of a new Proof-of-Work (PoW) mechanism adds an extra layer of security to Onion services, which are essential havens for global users seeking to conceal their IP addresses and uphold their privacy.
Onion services have consistently been targeted by malicious actors due to their focus on obfuscating IP addresses. While traditional IP-based rate limiting has been breached on numerous occasions, Tor's implementation of the PoW system ushers in an innovative approach.
The PoW system introduces a meticulous screening process for incoming connections to Onion services, depending on the stress level of the network. Operating as a dynamic ticketing system, the PoW mechanism remains inactive until the Onion service network experiences substantial traffic.
Operational Mechanics:
When users attempt to access an Onion service, they are presented with a cryptographic puzzle to solve, thereby validating their legitimacy. For attackers orchestrating flooding attacks, the system escalates the computational requirements needed for complex operations.
Genuine users encounter connection establishment times ranging from 5 ms to 30 ms. In contrast, malicious actors attempting to overwhelm the service face connection delays of over 1 minute.
This mechanism effectively distinguishes between benign users and malicious intruders, thereby safeguarding both legitimate and harmful traffic. Importantly, users are spared from encountering any CAPTCHA interactions during the process of connection establishment.
According to Cyber Security News, the intricacies of the computational workload are kept hidden from users and are seamlessly executed in the background. The Tor project's announcement underscores that this advancement not only equips Onion services with inherent DoS protections but also promises reduced network speed degradation during targeted attacks.
Current users of Onion services are strongly advised to upgrade to version 0.4.8 to take advantage of the protective capabilities of the PoW defense mechanism.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have captured hundreds of Russian soldiers in the past few weeks.Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Zolkin, who published a video with the prisoners, reported on this.
Ukrainian officials meet relatives of POWs who Russia claims were in crashed Il-76, say no evidence to confirm that (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Jan. 26 that during the planned exchange of POWs two days earlier Moscow was to return to Ukraine 65 people from one of the lists Russian propagandists shared after the crash of Il-76 transport plane in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.
Ombudsman says Ukraine may hold another prisoner swap in coming weeks (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman voiced hope on Jan. 3 that another prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia may take place in the coming weeks.
Ukraine and Russia announce largest prisoner swap since start of war (www.theguardian.com)
Both sides release more than 200 troops in first exchange since August after UAE-mediated negotiations
Ombudsman confirms Russia used Ukrainian POWs as human shields (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has confirmed the authenticity of a video in which a Russian soldiers is seen using Ukrainian POWs as human shields, the New Voice of Ukraine reported on Dec. 27.
Russians execute Ukrainian prisoners of war near Zaporizhzhia (www.pravda.com.ua)
The Ukrainian Prosecutor?s Office has launched an investigation into the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers near Zaporizhzhia.
Russia uses POWs as a political weapon against Kyiv (www.politico.eu)
The last major prisoner exchange was in August, but Ukrainian families are getting calls from POWs held by Russia asking them to protest against the Ukrainian government.
‘It’s the time you’re meant to be with your family’: the continuing plight of Ukrainian PoWs (www.theguardian.com)
Families desperate for news of loved ones held by Russia know the longer they are there the harder their recovery will be
Prosecutor's Office opens investigation into Russia's use of Ukrainian POWs as human shields (kyivindependent.com)
The news came after a video surfaced that was subsequently republished by RFE/RL depicting what appeared to be unarmed Ukrainian POWs being forced to walk at gunpoint toward Ukrainian lines.
Olenivka POW camp, where Ukrainians were tortured, was likely supervised by a high-ranking official from Moscow (kyivindependent.com)
Kirill Popov, the first deputy head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service's Moscow branch, is likely to have overseen the work of the Olenivka POW camp, located in the occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast.
18+ Russian firing an RPG is met with an FPV drone. (streamable.com)
Mirror:https://files.catbox.moe/hc3nz9.mp4...
Ukraine to open new camp for Russian POWs (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine will soon open a new detention center for Russian prisoners of war due to the rising number of POWs, the state-run "I want to live" project reported on Nov. 7.
‘I want to go home’: Inside a Russian prisoner of war camp in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Editor’s note: The location of the prisoner of the war detention center is undisclosed for security reasons. The Kyiv Independent got vocal recorded agreement from the prisoners of the war to be interviewed and identified in the story. Undisclosed location in Western Ukraine – Private Alexey Girkin massages his knee
Opinion | A Ukrainian Soldier’s Story of Captivity and Torture (www.wsj.com)
Russia is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions. But it treats its prisoners with lawless brutality.
About 90% of Ukrainian prisoners of war were tortured - Prosecutor General (www.pravda.com.ua)
According to recent estimates, roughly 90% of Ukrainian prisoners of war have been subjected to torture, rape, threats of sexual violence, or other forms of ill-treatment.
Ukrainian troops capture hundreds of Russians in recent weeks (mil.in.ua)
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have captured hundreds of Russian soldiers in the past few weeks.Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Zolkin, who published a video with the prisoners, reported on this.