“Russian forces killed five prisoners,” said Ukraine's ombudsman Dmytro Rubinets. The Ukrainian soldiers were unarmed and surrendered voluntarily. The number of such executions is increasing. Since the start of the war, the Russians have killed 147 prisoners of war, 127 of them this year alone.
Ukraine's ombudsman Dmytro Rubinets said on social media that Russian forces had killed five Ukrainian prisoners. According to Rubiniec, the prisoners surrendered without weapons. The spokesperson did not provide further details, but said information on the matter would be provided to the United Nations.
Russia. Execution of Ukrainian soldiers
“Russian war criminals who murdered Ukrainian prisoners of war should be brought before an international tribunal and punished as harshly as possible,” he added.
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On Sunday, the BBC noted that the number of executions has increased recently. Ukrainian prosecutors reported that Russian forces have executed at least 147 Ukrainian prisoners of war since the start of the all-out war, including 127 this year.
– The upward trend is very clear and very clear, said Yuri Belosov, head of the Ministry of Armed Forces of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.
Executions are part of Russian policy
He added that executions have been carried out systematically since November last year and the situation continues. – This shows that these are not isolated cases. They take place in vast areas and there are signs that they are part of politics. Belusov said there is evidence that instructions have been issued in this regard.
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Some of the executions were filmed by the Russian military themselves, while others were observed by Ukrainian drones circling the execution site. Kills usually take place in forests or nondescript fields, making it difficult to ascertain their exact location.
International humanitarian law, particularly the Third Geneva Convention, provides for the protection of prisoners of war, and the execution of prisoners of war is a war crime.
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