Russia has forcibly mobilised 46,327 Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories.

Source: Dmytro Usov, Secretary of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, speaking at the Third International Conference Crimea Global, as quoted by Ukrinform

Quote: "We have established that 46,327 of our citizens have been forcibly mobilised from the occupied territories, including annexed Crimea. These people are fighting against us."

Details: According to the Coordination Headquarters, the Russians mobilised 5,368 Ukrainians in Donetsk Oblast, 4,650 in Luhansk Oblast, 560 in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and 478 in Kherson Oblast. In Crimea, 35,272 people were mobilised, and a further 5,368 in Sevastopol.

These mobilisation data cover the period from February 2022 to July 2025. They were obtained by Ukrainian military intelligence and confirmed by the Russian side, Usov noted.

He stated that 16% of prisoners held in Ukrainian POW camps are Ukrainian citizens, 6% of whom are Crimeans.

Usov also reported that draft legislative amendments are expected to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), which would stipulate the exchange of Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories during prisoner swaps.

"We must take the right decision when the Russian side requests their exchange, because we are effectively exchanging Ukrainians for Ukrainians. We must do everything to ensure they do not come to the Russian Federation but remain in Ukraine," Usov stressed.

He added that regarding some Ukrainians currently held in captivity on Ukrainian territory, domestic courts have already issued acquittals. "And we are waiting for them to be released from the camps," Usov said.

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