Die niederländische Armee testet ein neues Konzept für Kriegsgefangenenlager und bereitet sich auf die Möglichkeit vor, im Falle eines größeren Konflikts bis zu 2.000 gefangene russische Soldaten festzuhalten
https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/13/dutch-military-tests-camp-design-russian-war-prisoners-marnehuizen
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VERY interesting priorities!
First, the dutch?
Second, so they suspect a major collapse by the russians?
or an almost unreal thought, could it be for an „expelled-migrant“-situation? (in order to avoid a french Pas-De-Calais-situation? ..camoflaged as a Ukraine-war-thing)
These little tidbits keep getting released and it certainly feels like we’re being slowly prepared for a larger conflict.
Humane treatment like this would actually give Russian cannon fodder incentive to surrender. Glad at least one European country is taking the Russian threat seriously. They won’t stop with Ukraine.
2000? Seems light. You wave a pannenkoeken and a smoke and you’ll have 20,000 in a heartbeat
2000 suggests they don’t expect many survivors.
Just ask the Germans …
We haven’t started yet and we are already looking a housing for prisoners?!
Only if Russia is stupid enough to start another shooting war after being pummeled by Ukraine.
This is probably the best news that Russian soldiers have had in a while.
Putin knows that Russia has a 2½ year window while Trump is in power that might not come again for generations.
And I would guess then that about 2000 Russian soldiers are looking to be captured by the Dutch for the improved living conditions
If it has indoor plumbing and a washing machine, they don‘t want to get exchanged anymore.
Good, perhaps this is where we can put the Americans stationed in Europe when America attacks us.
any EU prison beats the hell out of the living standard of any rural oblast
Ok. Things are officially wild when the Dutch start this.
The scariest thing is, I don’t think russians will think about testing this type of camps, since they would likely just execute dutch soldiers instead of taking them captive in this scenario (even if they do take them, their captivity is worse than hell)
Did they misspell two million?
So a giant old folks home given the average age of modern Russian soldiers.
Russians won’t be able surrender fast enough
Seems like a good time to post this:
[HMS Timbertown](https://wereldoorlog1418.nl/englishcamp/)
Internment of British Sailors in Groningen. (1914-1918)
I have a feeling that a Dutch POW camp is nicer than the average Russian vacation resort.
It will be critical for the Dutch Government to screen these prisoners to identify which Russian soldiers made the personal choice to be a Dutch prisoner and those who were captured against their will.
It’s always best to prepare for every possible scenario. Whether it ever happens is for the future history books
Black bags..
Is it a big hole in the ground?
A big swimming pool with no stairs.
If only the Dutch state would make similar efforts to actually house Dutch people.
As some have commented: using Ukrainian tactic of asking all those forced conscripts from ethnic minorities to switch sides by showing them the good life might be best for those two parties.
I would think much larger, if the war is soon, I would imagine large scale defections.
It’s either some corruption where an insider contractor gets the money for a 0.3% chance scenario or at worst a cover to have ready holding pens in case of a hard right or immigrant uprising which while still unlikely is much more likely than the Netherlands going to war against Russia
This is a very annoying example of the small scale of European thinking. Why aren’t they planning for 20,000 or 200,000 captured Russian soldiers?
The Finns are planning mass graves
This is not a legit Dutch news website.
Those Russians are going to surrender in return for a six-pack of stroopwaffels.
Well they say it’s for POW’s but we all know once it’s finished they will put in hot tubs and open it for refugees:)