{
  "id": 328350,
  "title": "UN Security Council to discuss treatment of Ukrainians in Russian captivity on Monday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/un-security-council-to-discuss-treatment-of-ukrainians-in-russian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T14:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
    "slug": "ukrinform-politics",
    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4152364-un-security-council-to-discuss-treatment-of-ukrainians-in-russian-captivity-on-monday.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday, the United Nations Security Council plans to convene a meeting to discuss the treatment of Ukrainians held captive by Russia. Organized by Latvia and the United Kingdom, the discussion will feature a Ukrainian delegation, including UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Claudia Fuentes Julio, Crimean Tatar human rights activist Leniie Umerova, former Ukrainian Armed Forces Sergeant Juan Alberto Leyva Garcia who endured over three years in Russian captivity, Ukrainian legal expert Oleh Hushchyn, and British-Turkish-Iranian filmmaker Sheida Kiran.\n\nThe meeting will address concerns over international humanitarian and human rights law violations in Russian custody, as well as the enlistment of foreign nationals into the Russian military. Scheduled to commence at 10:00 ET (17:00 Kyiv time), the meeting will utilize the Arria formula, an informal approach pioneered by Venezuelan diplomat Diego Arria in 1992, enabling Security Council members to hold candid conversations outside traditional protocol, often involving external experts and witnesses to tackle pressing crises and human rights concerns.\n\nDenmark, currently presiding over the UN Security Council in August, intends to push for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire in Ukraine during the meeting, while also keeping Russia's aggression at the forefront of the Council's agenda, according to Denmark's Permanent Representative to the UN, Christina Markus Lassen.",
  "summary": "The UN Security Council will hold an informal Arria-formula meeting on Monday dedicated to compliance with international humanitarian law regarding Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians held in Russia amid the war against Ukraine.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}