Soldiers of Mykolaiv military brigades the most captured by Russia among others

Among all Ukrainian prisoners held in the Russian Federation, the largest number are representatives of units of the Mykolaiv brigades. In particular, we are talking about marines of the 36th brigade.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, told about this during a press conference in Mykolaiv today, July 12, NikVesti reports.

«As of today, the Mykolayiv region is in the first place according to the bad criterion, with the largest number of prisoners of war. Also, as far as I know, the largest number of military units is from the Mykolayiv region,» said Dmytro Lubinets.

According to him, for the entire time, together with the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, it was possible to return 3,310 citizens, almost all of whom were prisoners of war, to Ukraine. Another 161 returned people had the status of civilian hostages.

Of the total number of prisoners, the largest number were representatives of the Mykolaiv Region, specifically, the Mykolaiv 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi.

«I know that among the representatives of the Mykolaiv region, as I said, there is the largest number of prisoners of war. This is the 36th brigade. A large number of boys and girls were captured in Mariupol,» the ombudsman added.

Mykolaiv marines of the 36th brigade

From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the 36th separate marine brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Biliynskyi defended Mariupol.

From March to May 2022, almost two thousand of its fighters were captured by Russia. Since then, only 287 fighters of this brigade have returned from captivity. The rest are held in places of detention in Taganrog, Valuyki, Kursk, Pakino, Mordovia, as well as in the occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

The human rights organization «Media Initiative for Human Rights» reported that almost 1,300 servicemen from the Mykolaiv 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilinsky are being held captive by the Russian Federation.

In Mykolaiv, townspeople and relatives of servicemen traditionally go to memorial events every Sunday in support of missing prisoners.

Among them are a large number of relatives, wives and children of servicemen of the 36th brigade.

We will also remind that during the first exchange of prisoners from Russian prisons in 2024 , two soldiers of the 36th separate marine brigade were released. A combat medic of the Mykolaiv marines and a soldier of the tank battalion of the brigade, who participated in the defense of the Illich plant, returned home.