Russian military executes six Ukrainian soldiers on Pokrovsk front
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In the Donetsk region's Pokrovsk front, the Russian military executed another six captured soldiers of Ukraine's armed forces.
The Prosecutor General's Office reported that.
According to the investigation, on October 23rd, during the attack on Selydove, the Russian military captured three Ukrainian soldiers. After some time, the invaders fatally shot the unarmed prisoners of war.
On November 1, while attacking the fortifications of Ukraine's armed forces, the occupiers used automatic weapons to kill three more prisoners of war on the Pokrovsky front.
The Prosecutor General's Office stressed that these actions violate the Geneva Conventions and qualify as an international crime.
Law enforcement officers have started pre-trial investigations into the fact of war crimes that caused the death of prisoners of war (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
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Videos of the killings of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russian military were repeatedly circulated on the Internet. Currently, Ukrainian law enforcement officers have information about the execution of 93 prisoners of war on the battlefield.
In particular, the Russian military executed two captured soldiers of Ukraine's armed forces near the city of Selydove in the Donetsk region.
Earlier, Rubryka reported that the Russian military in the Bakhmut area shot a serviceman of Ukraine's armed forces, who may have been wounded. According to this fact, the prosecutor's office started an investigation.
In addition, in mid-August, a video appeared on the Internet in which the Russians showed the severed head of an alleged Ukrainian serviceman. It happened at the Kolotilovka checkpoint in the Belgorod region of Russia.
Regarding the video of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners, which appeared on social networks on April 7, Belousov said that the crime scene near Krynky in the Kherson region was previously confirmed, but the details are still being checked.
Also, on February 18, service members of the Russian Federation shot two Ukrainian prisoners of war in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces.
In addition, at least 177 Ukrainian soldiers died in Russian captivity.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, said that Ukraine already knows about more than a hundred cases of executions by the Russian military of soldiers of the Defense Forces who surrendered as prisoners.
Also, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andrii Kostin, stated that about 90% of Ukrainian prisoners of war were subjected to torture, rape, threats of sexual violence or other forms of ill-treatment.
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