The Ukrainian Public Prosecution Service says it is aware of 54 cases in which Russian soldiers are said to have shot dead Ukrainian prisoners of war. A total of 27 criminal proceedings have been initiated.
The first shooting of a Ukrainian POW was recorded in March 2022. There has already been a court ruling in a shooting case involving a Russian soldier in the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine.
In most cases, however, the investigation is complicated by the fact that Ukrainian investigators do not have access to the location or the body.
Ukraine has been defending a Russian invasion for more than two years. From the beginning of December last year to the end of February alone, the United Nations received reports of 12 incidents in which at least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war were shot dead.
The UN is verifying three cases
The UN observers were able to verify three cases. In 2022 and early 2023, the shooting of 25 Russian prisoners of war by Ukrainian soldiers was also documented.
Source: Krone
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