Ukraine has banned Russian prisoners of war (POWs) from making phone calls home. This decision was made in response to the increasing number of executions of Ukrainian defenders, according to the Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets. Lubinets stated, “I’ll be frank, we are making some changes. For example, there have been many discussions about the possibility of Russian POWs calling their relatives in Russia… As of now, we’ve been informed that while Russians still can write letters, they no longer have the right to make phone calls.” Lubinets emphasized that the phone call ban does not v…