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2022–present

Makiivka penal colony (IK-97)

Also known as: Макіївська виправна колонія, Makeyevka colony, IK-97

Ukraine2022–?Data quality: highVerified by UN/satellite

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Documentation purpose. This catalogue indexes detention sites attributed to the Russian Federation's military or occupation administration in Ukraine since 2022, as reported by named international monitoring bodies (UN OHCHR, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab) and Ukrainian NGOs (Media Initiative for Human Rights, Centre for Civil Liberties). Each entry carries its verification status and source attribution. Allegations are not adjudications.

About

Penal colony in Makiivka (Makeyevka), Russian-occupied Donetsk region. Named in OHCHR HRMMU reports as housing Ukrainian prisoners of war. The facility reportedly held large numbers of soldiers captured in Mariupol. Reports document poor conditions, overcrowding and allegations of torture. Site of a widely reported strike in January 2023 that Russian authorities acknowledged caused significant casualties among Ukrainian POWs.

Camp system

penal-colony

Location

48.0460, 37.9628 — view on OpenStreetMap

Related sites

Same catalogue and country where possible; era-window fallback.

Primary sources