The Russian army removed more than 2,500 Ukrainian prisoners from Kherson. Those whose term of stay in the colony was ending were released and immediately fined for illegal entry into Russia.
Leaving Kherson in October 2022, the Russian army took out more than 2,500 Ukrainian prisoners from there. They were distributed among several colonies in southern Russia, according to The New York Times. At the same time, some managed to return to their homeland. According to the publication, the Kherson prisoners were “forgotten” in the colonies in the chaos of the Ukrainian retreat. “We had bitterness in our hearts because Ukraine, our homeland, had left us.